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Book SynopsisEmergent Strategy and Grand Strategy thus offers both scholars and practitioners of foreign policy an original theoretical framework to explain strategic success.
Trade ReviewThis well-written book is highly recommended.
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ChoicePopescu's analysis raises a number of interesting points, particularly regarding the limitations of grand strategy planning in the Cold War.
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PassportPopescu should be lauded for moving beyond the current debate over which grand strategy the United States should adopt to successfully challenge the grand strategy paradigm itself.
—Alexander Kirss,
Air and Space Power JournalExamining eight US presidential administrations, Popescu considers whether the criticism of policymakers who deviate from grand strategy in the service of short-term considerations is warranted. According to the author, such deviations may develop into a new strategy over time, particularly if leaders focus on learning from their mistakes.
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International Institute for Strategic StudiesEmergent Strategy and Grand Strategy is a significant contribution to the literature. This book marks the entrance of an insightful new voice into the ongoing debate about the theory and practice of American grand strategy—a debate certain to intensify in coming years.
—Christopher Layne, Texas A&M University,
Perspectives on Politics[
Emergent Strategy and Grand Strategy] stands as the first political science contribution to test this emergent approach as an alternative explanation for successful national security strategizing . . . Popescu's book provides an original and counterintuitive way of thinking about the history of post–World War II US national security strategies. It is also timely—as we reflect on Donald Trump's foreign policy, his unorthodox decisionmaking style, and the different ways in which the president could harness his erratic approach in international affairs.
—Vincent Boucher, University of Quebec at Montreal,
International Studies ReviewTable of ContentsPreface
1. Grand Strategy, Emergent Strategy, and Foreign Policy Success
2. George Kennan, Containment, and the Beginning of the Cold War
3. Globalizing Containment
4. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Project Solarium, and the New Look
5. Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, and Détente
6. Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War
7. George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and the Post–Cold War Era
8. George W. Bush and the War on Terror
9. Shape or Adapt?
Epilogue
Appendix
Notes
Index
