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As examples ranging from the early Cold War to the Reagan years to the War on Terror demonstrate, grand strategy can be an immensely rewarding undertaking-but also one that is full of potential pitfalls on the long road between conception and implementation.
Bush, sought to “do” grand strategy at key inflection points in the history of modern U.S. At a time when “grand strategy” is very much in vogue, Brands critically appraises just how feasible that endeavor really is.īrands takes a historical approach to this subject, examining how four presidential administrations, from that of Harry S. He explores what grand strategy is, why it is so essential, and why it is so hard to get right amid the turbulence of global affairs and the chaos of domestic politics.
The Marshall Plan (1947) provided billions of dollars in economic. In this important book, Hal Brands explains why grand strategy is a concept that is so alluring-and so elusive-to those who make American statecraft. section, Strategic Readiness, surveys the American national security posture in the wake of World War II as President Harry S. In the White House from 1945 to 1953, Truman made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan, helped rebuild postwar Europe, worked to contain communism and led the United States into the. The Truman Doctrine (1947) pledged aid to governments threatened by communist subversion. Grand strategy is one of the most widely used and abused concepts in the foreign policy lexicon.