LEADER 04445nam 2200661 450 001 9910461194203321 005 20210506205744.0 010 $a1-5017-0118-5 010 $a1-5017-0119-3 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501701191 035 $a(CKB)3710000000470678 035 $a(EBL)4189241 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001543924 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16133375 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001543924 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13222575 035 $a(PQKB)10496698 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4189241 035 $a(OCoLC)1080551083 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse58373 035 $a(DE-B1597)496613 035 $a(OCoLC)919921511 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501701191 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4189241 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11129078 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL834467 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000470678 100 $a20151223h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnnu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican pendulum $erecurring debates in U.S. grand strategy /$fChristopher Hemmer 210 1$aIthaca, New York ;$aLondon, [England] :$cCornell University Press,$d2015. 210 4$d©2015 215 $a1 online resource (237 p.) 225 1 $aCornell Studies in Security Affairs 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a0-8014-5424-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. Finding a Place on the World Stage --$t2. The Debates Raised by Containment in the Truman Administration --$t3. Debating the Implementation of Containment --$t4. Beyond Containment? --$t5. The Culmination of Containment --$t6. Grand Strategy in the Absence of a Clear Threat --$t7. The Rise and Fall of the War on Terror in U.S. Grand Strategy --$t8. "Don't Do Stupid Stuff" --$tConclusion: Balancing the Pendulum? --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aAs new presidential administrations come into power, they each bring their own approach to foreign policy. No grand strategy, however, is going to be completely novel. New administrations never start with a blank slate, so it is always possible to see similarities between an administration and its predecessors. Conversely, since each administration faces novel problems and operates in a unique context, no foreign policy strategy is going to be an exact replica of its predecessors. In American Pendulum, Christopher Hemmer examines America's grand strategic choices between 1914 and 2014 using four recurring debates in American foreign policy as lenses. First, how should the United States balance the trade-offs between working alone versus working with other states and international organizations? Second, what is the proper place of American values in foreign policy? Third, where does the strategic perimeter of the United States lie? And fourth, is time on the side of the United States or of its enemies?Offering new readings of debates within the Wilson, Truman, Nixon, Bush, and Obama administrations, Hemmer asserts that heated debates, disagreements, and even confusions over U.S. grand strategy are not only normal but also beneficial. He challenges the claim that uncertainties or inconsistences about the nation's role in the world or approach to security issues betray strategic confusion or the absence of a grand strategy. American foreign policy, he states, is most in danger not when debates are at their most pointed but when the weight of opinion crushes dissent. As the United States looks ahead to an increasingly multipolar world with increasing complicated security issues, Hemmer concludes, developing an effective grand strategy requires ongoing contestation and compromises between competing visions and policies. 410 0$aCornell studies in security affairs. 606 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International)$2bisacsh 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y21st century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International). 676 $a327.73009/04 700 $aHemmer$b Christopher M$g(Christopher Michael),$f1969-$01055428 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461194203321 996 $aAmerican pendulum$92488817 997 $aUNINA