Bibliograph

On grand strategy, John Lewis Gaddis

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On grand strategy, John Lewis Gaddis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-353) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

On grand strategy

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

993691628

Responsibility statement

John Lewis Gaddis

Summary

"John Lewis Gaddis, the distinguished historian of the Cold War, has for almost two decades co-taught grand strategy at Yale University with his colleagues Charles Hill and Paul Kennedy. Now, in [this book], Gaddis reflects on what he has learned. In chapters extending from the ancient world through World War II, Gaddis assesses grand strategic theory and practice in Herodotus, Thucydides, Sun Tzu, Octavian/Augustus, Saint Augustine, Machiavelli, Elizabeth I, Philip II, the American Founding Fathers, Clausewitz, Tolstoy, Lincoln, Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Isaiah Berlin. On Grand Strategy applies the sharp insights and wit readers have come to expect from Gaddis to times, places, and people he's never written about before. For anyone interested in the art of leadership, On Grand Strategy is, in every way, a master class."--Dust jacket

Table Of Contents

Crossing the Hellespont -- Long walls -- Teachers and tethers -- Souls and states -- Princes as pivots -- New worlds -- The grandest strategists -- The greatest president -- Last best hope -- Isaiah

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