Restraint : a new foundation for U.S. grand strategy

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Restraint : a new foundation for U.S. grand strategy

Title remainder

a new foundation for U.S. grand strategy

Statement of responsibility

Barry R. Posen

Creator

• Posen, Barry

Author

• Posen, Barry

Subject

• United States -- Foreign relations -- 2009-2017
• Hegemony -- United States
• United States -- Military policy -- 21st century
• United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-2009

Language

eng

Summary

• "The United States, Barry R. Posen argues in Restraint, has grown incapable of moderating its ambitions in international politics. Since the collapse of Soviet power, it has pursued a grand strategy that he calls 'liberal hegemony,' one that Posen sees as unnecessary, counterproductive, costly, and wasteful. Written for policymakers and observers alike, Restraint explains precisely why this grand strategy works poorly and then provides [an] ... alternative grand strategy and an associated military strategy and force structure"--Dust jacket flap
• The United States, Barry R. Posen argues in Restraint, has grown incapable of moderating its ambitions in international politics. Since the collapse of Soviet power, it has pursued a grand strategy that he calls 2liberal hegemony,3 one that Posen sees as unnecessary, counterproductive, costly, and wasteful. Written for policymakers and observers alike, Restraint explains precisely why this grand strategy works poorly and then provides a carefully designed alternative grand strategy and an associated military strategy and force structure. In contrast to the failures and unexpected problems that have stemmed from America{u2019}s consistent overreaching, Posen makes an urgent argument for restraint in the future use of U.S. military strength. After setting out the political implications of restraint as a guiding principle, Posen sketches the appropriate military forces and posture that would support such a strategy. He works with a deliberately constrained notion of grand strategy and, even more important, of national security (which he defines as including sovereignty, territorial integrity, power position, and safety). His alternative for military strategy, which Posen calls 2command of the commons,3 focuses on protecting U.S. global access through naval, air, and space power, while freeing the United States from most of the relationships that require the permanent stationing of U.S. forces overseas. --Provided by publisher

Member of

• Cornell studies in security affairs

Cataloging source

NIC/DLC

Dewey number

327.73

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

LC call number

JZ1312

LC item number

.P67 2014

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Cornell studies in security affairs