Research Catalog

Title

Strategic retrenchment and renewal in the American experience / Peter Feaver, editor.

Publication

Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press, [2014]

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Additional Authors

• Army War College (U.S.). Press, publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2014004772
• Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute, publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80120847
• Feaver, Peter,

Description

vii, 261 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"At a time of fiscal constraint and global uncertainty, should the United States retrench geopolitically or seek to reinvigorate its international leadership? This collection of essays puts this pressing question in historical and theoretical context. The authors examine past episodes in which U.S. policymakers confronted similar choices, and draw insights from the strategies that they fashioned in response. The essays also consider the major theoretical and policy debates pertaining to the issues of retrenchment and renewal today"--Publisher's web site.

Subject

• Strategy > Economic aspects
• United States > Economic aspects

Note

• "August 2014."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online in PDF format from Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) web site.

Contents

Introduction / Peter Feaver, Jeremi Suri, Francis J. Gavin, and William Inboden -- The political economy of retrenchment / Charles Miller -- Herbert Hoover and the adjustment to the Depression / Eleanore Douglas -- Strategic calculations in times of austerity : Richard Nixon / Megan Reiss -- Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and the end (or consummation?) of détente / Brian K. Muzas -- Is it time for retrenchment? The big debate on American grand strategy / Ionut C. Popescu.

ISBN

• 1584876255 (paperback)
• 9781584876250 (paperback)

LCCN

2014432014

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library