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The peace of illusions : American grand strategy from 1940 to the present
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The peace of illusions : American grand strategy from 1940 to the present / Christopher Layne.
ISBN
080143713X (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2006.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 08, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-282) and index.
Contents
Theory, history, and U.S. grand strategy
World War II and the foundations of American global hegemony
U.S. grand strategy and the Soviet Union, 1945-1953
The open door and American hegemony in Western Europe
The containment of Europe : American hegemony and European responses
Liberal ideology and U.S. grand strategy
The end of the unipolar era
The strategy of offshore balancing.
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