Dueck, Colin, 1969-

Reluctant crusaders : power, culture, and change in American grand strategy / Colin Dueck. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2006. - 224 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-214) and index.

Introduction: Change and continuity in American grand strategy -- Power, culture, and grand strategy -- Strategic culture and strategic adjustments in the United States -- The lost alliance : ideas and alternatives in American grand strategy, 1918-1921 -- Conceiving containment : ideas and alternatives in American grand strategy, 1945-1951 -- Hegemony on the cheap : ideas and alternatives in American grand strategy, 1992-2000 -- Conclusion: The American strategic dilemma.

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International relations.
Internationalism.


United States--Foreign relations.

E183.7 / .D74 2006

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