EPISODE · Aug 10, 2021 · 19H 44M
Rethinking American Grand Strategy (Audiobook: Christopher Mcknight Nichols, Elizabeth Borgwardt, Andrew Preston)
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/519246 to listen full audiobooks. Publisher's Summary: What is grand strategy? What does it aim to achieve? And what differentiates it from normal strategic thought—what, in other words, makes it 'grand'? In answering these questions, most scholars have focused on diplomacy and warfare, so much so that 'grand strategy' has become almost an equivalent of 'military history.' The traditional attention paid to military affairs is understandable, but in today's world it leaves out much else that could be considered political, and therefore strategic. It is in fact possible to consider, and even reach, a more capacious understanding of grand strategy, one that still includes the battlefield and the negotiating table while expanding beyond them. Rethinking American Grand Strategy assembles a roster of leading historians to examine America's place in the world. Its innovative chapters re-examine familiar figures, such as John Quincy Adams, George Kennan, and Henry Kissinger, while also revealing the forgotten episodes and hidden voices of American grand strategy. They expand the scope of diplomatic and military history by placing the grand strategies of public health, race, gender, humanitarianism, and the law alongside military and diplomatic affairs to reveal hidden strategists as well as strategies. Title: Rethinking American Grand Strategy Author: Christopher Mcknight Nichols, Elizabeth Borgwardt, Andrew Preston Narrator: Steve Menasche, Teri Schnaubelt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 44 minutes Release date: August 10, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Military
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/519246 to listen full audiobooks. Publisher's Summary: What is grand strategy? What does it aim to achieve? And what differentiates it from normal strategic thought—what, in other words, makes it 'grand'? In answering these questions, most scholars have focused on diplomacy and warfare, so much so that 'grand strategy' has become almost an equivalent of 'military history.' The traditional attention paid to military affairs is understandable, but in today's world it leaves out much else that could be considered political, and therefore strategic. It is in fact possible to consider, and even reach, a more capacious understanding of grand strategy, one that still includes the battlefield and the negotiating table while expanding beyond them. Rethinking American Grand Strategy assembles a roster of leading historians to examine America's place in the world. Its innovative chapters re-examine familiar figures, such as John Quincy Adams, George Kennan, and Henry Kissinger, while also revealing the forgotten episodes and hidden voices of American grand strategy. They expand the scope of diplomatic and military history by placing the grand strategies of public health, race, gender, humanitarianism, and the law alongside military and diplomatic affairs to reveal hidden strategists as well as strategies. Title: Rethinking American Grand Strategy Author: Christopher Mcknight Nichols, Elizabeth Borgwardt, Andrew Preston Narrator: Steve Menasche, Teri Schnaubelt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 44 minutes Release date: August 10, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Military
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