US Foreign Policy and Defense Strategy

The Evolution of an Incidental Superpower

By: Derek Reveron, Nikolas Gvosdev, Mackubin Thomas Owens

Narrated by: Douglas R. Pratt

In US Foreign Policy and Defense Strategy, the authors analyze the strategic underpinnings of hegemony, assess the national security establishment that sustains dominance, consider the impact on civil-military relations, and explore the intertwining relationships between foreign policy, defense strategy, and commercial activities. Eschewing conventional analyses, the volume not only identifies drivers and continuities in foreign policy, but it also examines how the legacy of the last sixty-five years will influence future national security policy that will be characterized by US leadership in an increasingly competitive world.

From civil-military relations to finance, and from competing visions of how America should make war to its philosophy of securing peace through reconstruction and reconciliation, US Foreign Policy and Defense Strategy offers unique insights into the links between military and commercial power as it charts the rise of a historical rarity: the incidental superpower.

©2015 Georgetown University Press (P)2015 Redwood Audiobooks

Comprehensive Exploration

A detailed overview of US domestic and foreign policies as they apply to defense of the homeland and the existing US-led global order.

Compelling book

I enjoyed reading this book. The authors provide and easy to understand explanation of our national security realities. Very relevant for understanding the current and future challenges for the U.S. in the security arena.