Grand Strategy

In The End of Grand Strategy, Simon Reich and Peter Dombrowski challenge the common view of grand strategy as unitary. They eschew prescription of any one specific approach, chosen from a spectrum that stretches from global primacy to restraint and isolationism, in favor of describing what America’s military actually does, day to day.

Authors: Shively, Jacob
Offers an examination and assessment of the Obama administration’s grand strategy to pursue and achieve national interests in the global landscape
Employs accessible analytical frameworks and narrative case studies to analyze Obama’s strategic vision and the extent to which he was able to realize his goals
Evaluates grand strategy across three specific pivotal decision periods: early precedents (2009), the Arab Spring (2011), and challenges from Russia as well as ISIS (2014)