| Description |
xiv, 435 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction : defining strategy -- Pt. I. Assess -- 2. The international strategic environment -- 3. The domestic context for strategy -- Pt. II. Analyze -- 4. Interests, threats, and opportunities -- 5. Power and influence -- Pt. III. Plan -- 6. The instruments of state power -- 7. Linking ends and means -- 8. Evaluating courses of action -- 9. Conclusion : American foreign affairs strategy today -- App. A. Definitions of grand strategy, national security strategy, and statecraft -- App. B. A linear design for foreign affairs strategy |
| Summary |
"This is a book on how to think - strategically - about foreign policy, especially American foreign policy. Strategy is about the application of resources to achieve objectives, about the relationship, in thought and action, between ends and means. In the realm of ends this book explores the concept of the national interest and describes how to select objectives that will take advantage of opportunities to promote interests while protecting them against threats at reasonable cost and risk. On the means side it discusses national power and influence, as well as the political, informational, economic, and military instruments of state power."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations administration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140116
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93001742
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| LC no. |
2006034605 |
| ISBN |
9780521871914 hardback |
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0521871913 hardback |
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9780521692779 paperback |
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0521692776 paperback |
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