Brands, Hal,   1983-  <br/><br/>
What good is grand strategy? :  power and purpose in American statecraft from Harry S. Truman to George W. Bush / 
Hal Brands. 
 - xiii, 273 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-259) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : the meaning and challenge of grand strategy -- The golden age revisited : the Truman administration and the evolution of containment -- Travails of the heroic statesmen : grand strategy in the Nixon-Kissinger years -- American statecraft in the late Cold War : was there a Reagan grand strategy? -- The dangers of being grand : George W. Bush and the post-9/11 era -- Conclusion : grappling with grand strategy. 
<br/><br/> Hal Brands explains why grand strategy is a concept that is so alluring and so elusive to those who make American statecraft, exploring what grand strategy is, why it is so essential, and why it is so hard to get right. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801456732 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0801456738 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013027816 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Foreign relations--20th century.<br/>Estados Unidos --Relaciones exteriores--Siglo XX<br/>United States--Foreign relations--21st century<br/>Estados Unidos --Relaciones exteriores--Siglo XXI
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>002 E 744  / B819w 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>327.73009/04