The American way of strategy [[electronic resource] /] / Michael Lind

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910651389703321
• Autore: Lind Michael <1962->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• ISBN: 0-19-988579-6; 1-280-84669-0; 0-19-804214-0; 1-4294-3867-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.73
• Soggetti: Strategy - History; National characteristics, American; Electronic books.; United States Foreign relations; United States Military policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-283) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Defending the American way of life -- The American way of strategy -- Independence, unity, and the American way of life -- Averting a balance of power in North America : power politics and American expansion -- Why the United States fought in World War I -- World War II and the American way of life -- The Cold War -- The cold peace -- U.S. hegemony and the American way of life -- A concert of power -- American strategy in the Asian century -- The American way of military strategy -- The American way of trade -- The world order which we seek.
• Sommario/riassunto: Americans are unlikely to lose their cherished rights because of a military coup or a foreign conquest, writes Michael Lind. The more plausible and frightening scenario is one in which foreign danger forces Americans themselves to jettison their way of life, sacrificing liberty to ensure security. To prevent this scenario from happening is the real purpose of American strategy. In The American Way of Strategy, Lind argues that the goal of U.S. foreign policy has always been the ; preservation of the American way of life--embodied in civilian government, checks and balances, a commercial economy,

Narrating the Everyday : Windows on Life in Central South Africa

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910619478203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bloemfontein, : UJ Press, 2019
• ISBN: 9781928424192; 1928424198
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (468 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.0968
• Soggetti: Sociology; South Africa Social conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: The chapters in this book reflect on the practice of using narratives to understand individual and social reality. They all reveal dimensions of the same concrete reality: contemporary society of Central South Africa. Except for two, all the chapters originated from research in the program The Narrative Study of Lives, situated in the Department of Sociology at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Each chapter opens a window on an aspect of everyday life in Central South Africa. Each window displays the capacity of the narrative as a methodological tool in qualitative research to open up better understandings of everyday experience. The chapters also reflect on the epistemological journey towards unwrapping and breaking open of meaning. Narratives are one of many tools available to sociologists in their quest to understand and interpret meaning. But, when it comes to deep understanding, narratives are particularly effective in opening up more intricate levels of meaning associated with emotions, feelings, and subjective experiences.