edited by Williamson Murray, Richard Hart Sinnreich, James Lacey.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York , [etc.]
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2011
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
ix, 283 p.
Dimensions
24 cm.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Other information concerning a subdivision
Richard Hart Sinnreich.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"This volume explores the successes as well as failures of great states attempting to create grand strategies that work and discusses of some of the extraordinary difficulties involved"--
Text of Note
"Within a variety of historical contexts, The Shaping of Grand Strategy addresses the most important tasks states have confronted: namely, how to protect their citizens against the short-range as well as long-range dangers their polities confront in the present and may confront in the future. To be successful, grand strategy demands that governments and leaders chart a course that involves more than simply reacting to immediate events. Above all, it demands they adapt to sudden and major changes in the international environment, which more often than not involves the outbreak of great conflicts but at times demands recognition of major economic, political, or diplomatic changes. This collection of essays explores the successes as well as failures of great states attempting to create grand strategies that work and aims at achieving an understanding of some of the extraordinary difficulties involved in casting, evolving, and adapting grand strategy to the realities of the world"--
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Entry Element
Strategy
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Strategy
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Strategy
Entry Element
Strategic culture
Form Subdivision
Case studies.
Topical Subdivision
History
Topical Subdivision
History
Topical Subdivision
History
Chronological Subdivision
18th century.
Chronological Subdivision
19th century.
Chronological Subdivision
20th century.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Entry Element
Europe
Entry Element
Europe
Entry Element
Europe
Entry Element
United States
Topical Subdivision
Politics and government
Topical Subdivision
Politics and government
Topical Subdivision
Politics and government
Topical Subdivision
Politics and government.
Chronological Subdivision
18th century.
Chronological Subdivision
19th century.
Chronological Subdivision
20th century.
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GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE
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DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
D217
Book number
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S44
2011
PERSONAL NAME - SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITY
Entry Element
Murray, Williamson.
Entry Element
Sinnreich, Richard Hart.
Entry Element
Lacey, Jim,
Dates
1958-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Country
Iran
Agency
University of Tehran. Central Library and Documentation Center