Grand Strategy from Truman to Trump

Benjamin Miller is full professor of international relations at the University of Haifa, Israel.

Preface and Acknowledgments
Benjamin Miller
Introduction The Puzzle and the Argument

1 Between Offensive Liberalism and Defensive Realism—Four Approaches to Grand Strategy

2 Explaining Changes in Grand Strategy

3 The Road to Offensive Realism: The Evolution of US Grand Strategy in the Early Cold War, 1945–50

4 From Preponderance to Détente after the Cuban Missile Crisis

5 From Détente to the “Second Cold War”: From Kennedy to Carter

6 Reagan’s Turn to the Second Détente

7 Making the World in Its Own Image: The Post–Cold War Grand Strategy

8 The Post-9/11 Period: The Emergence of Offensive Liberalism

9 Obama: From Defensive Liberalism to Defensive Realism—Systemic Changes Lead to the End of the Liberalization Project

10 America First: The Trump Grand Strategy in a Comparative Perspective

11 The Past, Present, and Future of American Grand Strategy: Some Final Observations
Appendix 1: Indicators of Grand Strategy Change
Appendix 2: Summary of Major Changes in US Grand Strategy and Their Explanation
Appendix 3: Competing US Approaches to Grand Strategy in the Age of Trump

Notes
Index