06696oam 22012734a 450 991095962470332120251009142640.00-8157-5254-70-8157-3279-110.5040/9780815752547(CKB)3790000000549620(MiAaPQ)EBC5180002(OCoLC)1016978058(MdBmJHUP)muse61383(PPN)230269915(Perlego)742331(OCoLC)1399572722(OCoLC)1015861001(OCoLC)1016978058(OCoLC)1030249409(OCoLC)1041518184(OCoLC)1162167959(OCoLC)1241911235(OCoLC)1290047635(OCoLC)1300479321(OCoLC)1372432445(UkLoBP)BP9780815752547BC(EXLCZ)99379000000054962020180109d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierAmerican Grand Strategy in the Age of Trump /Hal Brands1st ed.Washington, D.C. :Brookings Institution Press,[2018]New York :Bloomsbury Publishing(US),2018.©20181 online resource (254 pages)Includes index.0-8157-3278-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.The pretty successful superpower -- Fools rush out -- Barack Obama and the dilemmas of American grand strategy -- Is American internationalism dead? -- Fortress America and its alternatives -- Does America have a hard power? -- American grand strategy in the age of TrumpLooking beyond the headlines to address the enduring grand strategic questions facing the United States today. American foreign policy is in a state of upheaval. The rise of Donald Trump and his "America First" platform have created more uncertainty about America's role in the world than at any time in recent decades. From the South China Sea, to the Middle East, to the Baltics and Eastern Europe, the geopolitical challenges to U.S. power and influence seem increasingly severe--and America's responses to those challenges seem increasingly unsure. Questions that once had widely accepted answers are now up for debate. What role should the United States play in the world? Can, and should, America continue to pursue an engaged an assertive strategy in global affairs? In this book, a leading scholar of grand strategy helps to make sense of the headlines and the upheaval by providing sharp yet nuanced assessments of the most critical issues in American grand strategy today. Hal Brands asks, and answers, such questions as: Has America really blundered aimlessly in the world since the end of the Cold War, or has its grand strategy actually been mostly sensible and effective? Is America in terminal decline, or can it maintain its edge in a harsher and more competitive environment? Did the Obama administration pursue a policy of disastrous retrenchment, or did it execute a shrewd grand strategy focused on maximizing U.S. power for the long term? Does Donald Trump's presidency mean that American internationalism is dead? What type of grand strategy might America pursue in the age of Trump and after? What would happen if the United States radically pulled back from the world, as many leading academics--and, at certain moments, the current president--have advocated? How much military power does America need in the current international environment? Grappling with these kinds of issues is essential to understanding the state of America's foreign relations today and what path the country might take in the years ahead. At a time when American grand strategy often seems consumed by crisis, this collection of essays provides an invaluable guide to thinking about both the recent past and the future of America's role in the world.National securityUnited StatesMilitary policyfast(OCoLC)fst01021386Diplomatic relationsfast(OCoLC)fst01907412National securityfast(OCoLC)fst01033711HISTORYUnited StatesState & LocalGeneralbisacshPOLITICAL SCIENCESecurity (National & International)bisacshPOLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive BranchbisacshPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / DiplomacybisacshPOLITICAL SCIENCE / GeopoliticsbisacshPOLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / NationalbisacshPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Arms ControlbisacshPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International)bisacshUnited StatesForeign relations21st centuryUnited Statesfasthttps://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrqUnited StatesMilitary policyUnited StatesForeign relations2017-2021National securityMilitary policy.Diplomatic relations.National security.HISTORYState & LocalGeneral.POLITICAL SCIENCESecurity (National & International)POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch.POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy.POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics.POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National.POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Arms Control.POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International)327.73009/05Brands Hal1983-946143Brookings Institution,Bloomsbury (Firm),DLCDLCMTHOCLCOIDEBKEBLCPJSTORN$TP@UMERUCTEFODOCLCFU3WIDBYDXLQUINTAFUSFBNHMSNKTFWFAUUKMGBOCLCLGZMGPRCLOCLCLTMAOCLCQSXBOCLCQOCLCOOCLCQOCLCLUtOrBLWBOOK9910959624703321American Grand Strategy in the Age of Trump4453671UNINAEBook