Rethinking America's Grand Strategy
Insights from the Cold War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20138968 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hal Brands (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The US Army War College Quarterly Parameters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-1723 • E-ISSN: 0031-1723 |
| Publisher | United States Army War College Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.55540/0031-1723.2982 |
| OpenAlex | W2600991214 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
This essay examines the history of the Cold War to illuminate insights that can help assess debates about American grand strategy today. As will be shown, calls for dramatic retrenchment and "offshore balancing" rest on weak historical foundations. Yet Cold War history also reminds us that a dose of restraint-and occasional selective retrenchment-can be useful in ensuring the longterm sustainability of an ambitious grand strategy
Cold war · Economic history · Grand strategy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · History · Intelligence, Security, War Strategy · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |