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Author:

Layne, Christopher.

Title:

The peace of illusions : American grand strategy from 1940 to the present / Christopher Layne.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xi, 290 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Hegemony--United States--History--20th century.
National security--United States--History--20th century.
Buitenlandse politiek.
Strategie.
Hegemonie.
United States--Foreign relations--20th century.
United States--Foreign relations--2001-
United States--Philosophy.--Philosophy.
7.150.

Notes:

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.

Series:

Cornell studies in security affairs

ISBN:

9780801437137 (cloth : alk. paper)
080143713X (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)62282093

LCCN:

2005032191

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)