Getting Grand Strategy Right
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23588802 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hal Brands (Global Studies, John Hopkins University), Peter Feaver (0000-0001-6386-1463, Duke University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Pages | 559-574 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Oxford Handbook of Grand Strategy (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198840299.013.34 |
| OpenAlex | W3201366511 |
| ISBN | 9780198840299 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 10 |
Grand strategy is essential to effective foreign policy. Yet even as the study of grand strategy has flourished within the academy, many academics have remained skeptical of grand strategy as a concept or been harshly critical of grand strategy as practiced by the United States. This essay defines the concept of grand strategy, emphasizing that it is best understood as the logic undergirding state action. The essay also explains why common academic critiques are mistaken; they set fire to straw-person visions that either reduce grand strategy to impractically detailed and rigid plans rather than recognizing the logic that guides purposeful state action, however imperfectly implemented, or to impossibly grandiose visions of American power in the post-Cold War era that ignores the genuine achievements of the last thirty years. Finally, the essay discusses how academics can usefully contribute to public debates on American grand strategy.
Grand strategy · Political science · History · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |