LEADER 02894nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910651389703321 005 20170814190252.0 010 $a0-19-988579-6 010 $a1-280-84669-0 010 $a0-19-804214-0 010 $a1-4294-3867-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000465446 035 $a(EBL)431058 035 $a(OCoLC)609831787 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000102491 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11138319 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102491 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10060191 035 $a(PQKB)10759392 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC431058 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000465446 100 $a20060216d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe American way of strategy$b[electronic resource] /$fMichael Lind 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-534141-4 311 $a0-19-530837-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [261]-283) and index. 327 $tDefending the American way of life --$tThe American way of strategy --$tIndependence, unity, and the American way of life --$tAverting a balance of power in North America : power politics and American expansion --$tWhy the United States fought in World War I --$tWorld War II and the American way of life --$tThe Cold War --$tThe cold peace --$tU.S. hegemony and the American way of life --$tA concert of power --$tAmerican strategy in the Asian century --$tThe American way of military strategy --$tThe American way of trade --$tThe world order which we seek. 330 $aAmericans 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, 606 $aStrategy$xHistory 606 $aNational characteristics, American 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations 607 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aStrategy$xHistory. 615 0$aNational characteristics, American. 676 $a327.73 700 $aLind$b Michael$f1962-$0804968 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910651389703321 996 $aThe American way of strategy$92904401 997 $aUNINA