The hot peace and the Korean War, 1945–1953 11. Moving astride the world: the Second World War, 1939–1945 10. Stepping on the global stage, 1913–1921 8. Conquering a continent: the Indian Wars, 1865–1897 6. Schism, civil war, and reconstruction, 1849–1877 5. Seeking a continent: expansion, Indian removal, and the Mexican War, 1817–1849 4. Expansion, sovereignty, and war, 1801–1817 3. List of Figures Abbreviations Thinking about grand strategy in peace and war Part I. Understanding this history is vital if America is to relearn how to use its power to meet the challenges ahead and to think more clearly about political aims and grand strategy. He exposes the myth of American isolationism, the good and ill of America's quest for democracy overseas, and how too often its administrations have lacked clear political aims or a concrete vision for where they want to go. He shows how successive administrations have projected diplomatic, military, and economic power, and mobilized ideas and information to preserve American freedoms at home and secure US aims abroad. From the struggle for independence to the era of renewed competition with China and Russia, he reveals the grand strategies underpinning the nation's pursuit of sovereignty, security, expansion, and democracy abroad.
Across the full span of the nation's history, Donald Stoker challenges our understanding of the purposes and uses of American power. From the struggle for independence to renewed competition with China and Russia, he reveals the grand strategies underpinning the nation's pursuit of sovereignty, security, expansion, and democracy abroad.
Crossing the full span of the nation's history, Donald Stoker challenges our understanding of the purposes for and uses of American power.
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