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020			_a9780521761260 (hardback)
020			_a0521761263 (hardback)
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245	0	4	_aThe shaping of grand strategy : _bpolicy, diplomacy, and war / _cedited by Williamson Murray, Richard Hart Sinnreich, James Lacey.
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_aix, 283 p. ; _c23 cm.
365			_aUS$ _b81.00
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"This volume explores the successes as well as failures of great states attempting to create grand strategies that work and discusses of some of the extraordinary difficulties involved"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"Within a variety of historical contexts, The Shaping of Grand Strategy addresses the most important tasks states have confronted: namely, how to protect their citizens against the short-range as well as long-range dangers their polities confront in the present and may confront in the future. To be successful, grand strategy demands that governments and leaders chart a course that involves more than simply reacting to immediate events. Above all, it demands they adapt to sudden and major changes in the international environment, which more often than not involves the outbreak of great conflicts but at times demands recognition of major economic, political, or diplomatic changes. This collection of essays explores the successes as well as failures of great states attempting to create grand strategies that work and aims at achieving an understanding of some of the extraordinary difficulties involved in casting, evolving, and adapting grand strategy to the realities of the world"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aWorld politics _yTo 1900.
650		0	_aWorld politics _y19th century.
700	1		_aMurray, Williamson. _eed.
700	1		_aSinnreich, Richard Hart. _eed.
700	1		_aLacey, James. _eed.
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