Strategic retrenchment and renewal in the American experience
By: Peter Feaver, editor
Contributors: Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute; Army War College (U.S.). Press
Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Carlisle, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9781584876250
Subjects: Strategy; Economic aspects; Foreign relations; Military policy
Description: "At a time of fiscal constraint and global uncertainty, should the United States retrench geopolitically or seek to reinvigorate its international leadership? This collection of essays puts this pressing question in historical and theoretical context. The authors examine past episodes in which U.S. policymakers confronted similar choices, and draw insights from the strategies that they fashioned in response. The essays also consider the major theoretical and policy debates pertaining to the issues of retrenchment and renewal today"--Publisher's web site.
Notes: "August 2014."

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available online in PDF format from Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) web site.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Peter Feaver, Jeremi Suri, Francis J. Gavin, and William Inboden; title: The political economy of retrenchment / Charles Miller; title: Herbert Hoover and the adjustment to the Depression / Eleanore Douglas; title: Strategic calculations in times of austerity : Richard Nixon / Megan Reiss; title: Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and the end (or consummation?) of détente / Brian K. Muzas; title: Is it time for retrenchment? The big debate on American grand strategy / Ionut C. Popescu.