How nineteenth-century naval theorists created America's twentieth-century imperialist policy : military strategy shapes foreign policy / Douglas Mark Haugen ; with a foreword by Andrew Polsky
Autonomy and foreign policy change -- Naval reform, 1880s -- Competition under the surface -- The struggle for doctrinal hegemony -- Monopoly to network -- Triumph of the imperial doctrine
Summary
This work is the first comprehensive contribution to studies in American political development with an international focus. This book explores the conditions that produced foreign policy change, by examining the intellectual development within naval reform communities. Special emphasis is placed upon bureaucratic autonomy, organizational competition, and the reformulation of strategic doctrine
