The Peace of Illusions
American Grand Strategy from 1940 to the Present
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6323427 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Colin Dueck (George Mason University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 218-219 |
| Publication date | 2007-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Perspectives on Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1537-5927 • E-ISSN: 1541-0986 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1537592707070739 |
| OpenAlex | W2145287227 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
The Peace of Illusions: American Grand Strategy from 1940 to the Present. By Christopher Layne. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2006. 290p. $29.95.For over a decade, through a series of influential articles, Christopher Layne has been the leading advocate within the academy of an entirely new and much more detached foreign policy strategy for the United States, one based upon what he calls “offshore balancing.” In The Peace of Illusions, Layne puts his argument in book form, addressing conceptual as well as historical and policy issues
Argument (complex analysis · Foreign policy · Grand strategy · Illusion · Political science · Politics · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Psychology
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Neoclassical Realism as a Theory for Correcting Mistakes
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2023 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |