The pursuit of dominance : 2000 years of superpower grand strategy / Christopher J. Fettweis.
"How do great countries stay that way? The United States is the most powerful actor in the international system, but it is facing a set of challenges that might lead to its decline as this century unfolds. This book looks to the past for guidance, examining the grand strategy of previous superp...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2023]
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| Online Access: | Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Summary: | "How do great countries stay that way? The United States is the most powerful actor in the international system, but it is facing a set of challenges that might lead to its decline as this century unfolds. This book looks to the past for guidance, examining the grand strategy of previous superpowers to see how they maintained, or failed to maintain, their status. Over the course of six cases, from Ancient Rome to the British Empire, it seeks guidance from the past for present U.S. policymakers. How did previous empires, regional hegemons, or simply dominant powers forge grand strategy? How did they define their interests, and then assemble the tools to address them? What did they do right, and where did they err? What - if anything - can current U.S. strategists learn from the experience of earlier superpowers?"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 291 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0197646662 9780197646663 0197646646 9780197646649 0197646654 9780197646656 0197646670 9780197646670 |