
Hope, Change, Pragmatism
Analyzing Obama's Grand Strategy
Jacob Shively(Author)
Palgrave MacMillan (Publisher)
Published on 28. July 2016
Book
Hardback
XI, 122 pages
978-1-137-57697-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book seeks to uncover a clear picture of Barack Obama's grand strategy, the overarching methods applied to identify and achieve national interests in a global setting. Pressed for an "Obama doctrine" during his final years in office, the President claimed a simple international relations approach: applying all tools at his disposal before resorting for military force. Critics, however, remain unimpressed. They charge the administration with strategic incoherence and weak leadership. Stepping away from ideological and theoretical commitments, Shively applies a simple framework for grand strategy, one that also deepens our systematic understanding. After untangling a complex history and narrating three cases of tumult in 2009, 2011, and 2014, Shively characterizes Obama's grand strategy as "pragmatic internationalism" and argues that it was a promising but poorly implemented approach.
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Edition
1st ed. 2016
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
XI, 122 p.
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
314 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-57697-2 (9781137576972)
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-57699-6
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
Jacob Shively is Assistant Professor of Government at the University of West Florida, USA. His current research examines grand strategy and US foreign policy, as well as security issues related to new technologies such as lethal drones and cyber security.
Content
1. Introduction .- 2 Hope, Change ... Pragmatism (2009) .- 3 Reluctant Revolutionary (2011) .- 4 Holding the Line (2014) .- 5 Pragmatic Internationalism.