{"product_id":"restraint-a-new-foundation-for-u-s-grand-strategy-hardcover-1","title":"Restraint: A New Foundation for U.S. Grand Strategy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarry R. Posen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe United States, Barry R. Posen argues in \u003ci\u003eRestraint\u003c\/i\u003e, has grown incapable of moderating its ambitions in international politics. Since the collapse of Soviet power, it has pursued a grand strategy that he calls \"liberal hegemony,\" one that Posen sees as unnecessary, counterproductive, costly, and wasteful. Written for policymakers and observers alike, \u003ci\u003eRestraint\u003c\/i\u003e explains precisely why this grand strategy works poorly and then provides a carefully designed alternative grand strategy and an associated military strategy and force structure. In contrast to the failures and unexpected problems that have stemmed from America's consistent overreaching, Posen makes an urgent argument for restraint in the future use of U.S. military strength. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter setting out the political implications of restraint as a guiding principle, Posen sketches the appropriate military forces and posture that would support such a strategy. He works with a deliberately constrained notion of grand strategy and, even more important, of national security (which he defines as including sovereignty, territorial integrity, power position, and safety). His alternative for military strategy, which Posen calls \"command of the commons,\" focuses on protecting U.S. global access through naval, air, and space power, while freeing the United States from most of the relationships that require the permanent stationing of U.S. forces overseas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarry R. Posen is Ford International Professor of Political Science and director of the Security Studies Program at MIT. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sources of Military Doctrine: France, Britain, and Germany between the World Wars\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Furniss Award and the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award) and \u003ci\u003eInadvertent Escalation: Conventional War and Nuclear Risks\u003c\/i\u003e, both from Cornell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.3 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52731714994483,"sku":"9780801452581","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/d3dzeWJPWWhpY0FacXdib0VVcnpjdz09_3dd43308-73a6-4e40-98b3-8a4a5f2bd60c.webp?v=1763866844","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/restraint-a-new-foundation-for-u-s-grand-strategy-hardcover-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}