Surprise, Security, and the American Experience

Informationen zum Autor John Lewis Gaddis is Robert A. Lovett Professor of History and Political Science at Yale University. Klappentext In this provocative book, a distinguished Cold War historian argues that September 11, 2001, was not the first time a surprise attack shattered American assumptions about national security and reshaped American grand strategy. Zusammenfassung September 11! 2001 was not the first time a surprise attack shattered American assumptions about national security and reshaped U.S. grand strategy. How successful our current strategies will be in the face of 21st-century challenges is the question now confronting us. Here! a major scholar of international relations attempts to provide an answer. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. A Morning at Yale 2. The Nineteenth Century 3. The Twentieth Century 4. The Twenty-First Century 5. An Evening at Yale Notes Index

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• Authors: John Lewis Gaddis, Gaddis John Lewis
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2005
• EAN: 9780674018365
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01836-5
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 197 mm x 13 mm
• Series: The Joanna Jackson Goldman Memorial Lectures on American Civilization and Government; Joanna Jackson Goldman Memoria; Joanna Jackson Goldman Memoria; The Joanna Jackson Goldman Memorial Lectures on American Civilization and Government
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, International Relations, Defence strategy, planning & research, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Asian History, Military and defence strategy