Us Foreign Policy and Defense Strategy - The Evolution of an Incidental Superpower

Analyzing the strategic underpinnings of hegemony, this book offers insights into the links between military and commercial power as it charts the rise of a historical rarity: the incidental superpower. It is suitable for students and general readers as well as scholars.

List of contents

Introduction 1 From Regional Power to Global Superpower 2 The American Way of Organizing for Defense 3 The American Way of Civil-Military Relations 4 Drivers, Continuities, and Challenges of US Foreign Policy 5 The American Way of Warfare 6 The American Way of Peace 7 Financing the American Way 8 Conclusion: The Future of US Foreign Policy and Defense Strategy About the Authors Index

About the author

Derek S. Reveron is a professor of national security affairs and the EMC Informationist Chair at the US Naval War College. He is the author or editor of several books including Cyberspace and National Security: Threats, Opportunities, and Power in a Virtual World. Nikolas K. Gvosdev is a professor of national security affairs at the US Naval War College and currently serves as the director of the Policy Analysis subcourse in the National Security Affairs Department. He is the author or editor of several books including Russian Foreign Policy: Interests, Vectors, and Sectors. Mackubin Thomas Owens is the editor of Orbis, the quarterly journal of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, and former professor of national security affairs at the US Naval War College. He is the author of US Civil-Military Relations after 9/11: Renegotiating the Civil-Military Bargain.

Summary

Analyzing the strategic underpinnings of hegemony, this book offers insights into the links between military and commercial power as it charts the rise of a historical rarity: the incidental superpower. It is suitable for students and general readers as well as scholars.

Product details

• Authors: Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Nikolas K. (US Naval War College) Gvosdev, Gvosdev Nikolas K., Mackubin Thomas Owens, Mackubin Thomas (U.S. Naval War College) Owens, Owens Mackubin Thomas, Derek S. Reveron, Derek S. (Professor and EMC Informationist Chair Reveron, Derek S. Gvosdev Reveron, Reveron Derek S.
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2014
• EAN: 9781626161580
• ISBN: 978-1-62616-158-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: US Foreign Policy and Defense Strategy; US Foreign Policy and Defense Strategy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, United States of America, USA