Reluctant Crusaders - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reluctant Crusaders write by Colin Dueck. This book was released on 2008-03-17. Reluctant Crusaders available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Reluctant Crusaders, Colin Dueck examines patterns of change and continuity in American foreign policy strategy by looking at four major turning points: the periods following World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He shows how American cultural assumptions regarding liberal foreign policy goals, together with international pressures, have acted to push and pull U.S. policy in competing directions over time. The result is a book that combines an appreciation for the role of both power and culture in international affairs. The centerpiece of Dueck's book is his discussion of America's "grand strategy"--the identification and promotion of national goals overseas in the face of limited resources and potential resistance. One of the common criticisms of the Bush administration's grand strategy is that it has turned its back on a long-standing tradition of liberal internationalism in foreign affairs. But Dueck argues that these criticisms misinterpret America's liberal internationalist tradition. In reality, Bush's grand strategy since 9/11 has been heavily influenced by traditional American foreign policy assumptions. While liberal internationalists argue that the United States should promote an international system characterized by democratic governments and open markets, Dueck contends, these same internationalists tend to define American interests in broad, expansive, and idealistic terms, without always admitting the necessary costs and risks of such a grand vision. The outcome is often sweeping goals, pursued by disproportionately limited means.
Anatomy of a Crusade, 1213-1221
Anatomy of a Crusade, 1213-1221 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Anatomy of a Crusade, 1213-1221 write by James M. Powell. This book was released on 2010-08-03. Anatomy of a Crusade, 1213-1221 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. James M. Powell here offers a new interpretation of the Fifth Crusade's historical and social impact, and a richly rewarding view of life in the thirteenth century. Powell addresses such questions as the degree of popular interest in the crusades, the religious climate of the period, the social structure of the membership of the crusade, and the effects of the recruitment effort on the outcome.
Reluctant Crusaders
Reluctant Crusaders - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reluctant Crusaders write by H. L. Wesseling. This book was released on 1977. Reluctant Crusaders available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Absence of Grand Strategy
The Absence of Grand Strategy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Absence of Grand Strategy write by Steve A. Yetiv. This book was released on 2008-04-21. The Absence of Grand Strategy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Great powers and grand strategies. It is easy to assume that the most powerful nations pursue and employ consistent, cohesive, and decisive policies in trying to promote their interests in regions of the world. Popular theory emphasizes two such grand strategies that great powers may pursue: balance of power policy or hegemonic domination. But, as Steve A. Yetiv contends, things may not always be that cut and dried. Analyzing the evolution of the United States' foreign policy in the Persian Gulf from 1972 to 2005, Yetiv offers a provocative and panoramic view of American strategies in a region critical to the functioning of the entire global economy. Ten cases—from the policies of the Nixon administration to George W. Bush's war in Iraq—reveal shifting, improvised, and reactive policies that were responses to unanticipated and unpredictable events and threats. In fact, the distinguishing feature of the U.S. experience in the Gulf has been the absence of grand strategy. Yetiv introduces the concept of "reactive engagement" as an alternative approach to understanding the behavior of great powers in unstable regions. At a time when the effects of U.S. foreign policy are rippling across the globe, The Absence of Grand Strategy offers key insight into the nature and evolution of American foreign policy in the Gulf.
The Saracen's Head; Or, The Reluctant Crusader
The Saracen's Head; Or, The Reluctant Crusader - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Saracen's Head; Or, The Reluctant Crusader write by Osbert Lancaster. This book was released on 1948. The Saracen's Head; Or, The Reluctant Crusader available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
