Across Type, Time and Space

American Grand Strategy in Comparative Perspective

Peter Dombrowski, Simon Reich

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN:
  9781108972901
• eBook ISBN:
  9781108968522
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: International Relations
• Index: Politics & International Relations

The field of grand strategy is exceptionally American-centric theoretically, methodologically and empirically. Indeed, many scholars treat the United States as a unique case, and thus incomparable. This Element addresses the shortcomings of this approach by developing a novel framework for the purpose of systematic comparison, both within and among different countries. Using the United States as a benchmark, three dimensions are considered in which grand strategy can be compared: first, attributes of the major types commonly discussed in the literature; second, similarities and differences in the implementation of grand strategies over time, using US strategic relations with contemporary Russia as an example; and finally, across space, properties of the grand strategies that are interactively employed by other major powers in relation to the United States in the Indo-Pacific. The Element can be used by scholars and students alike to expand analysis beyond the confines that currently dominate the field.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Across Type, Time and Space: American Grand Strategy in Comparative Perspective
• Acknowledgments