Book contents
- Purpose and Power
- Purpose and Power
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Abbreviations
- Thinking about Grand Strategy in Peace and War
- Part I From Backwater to Great Power
- Part II From Great Power to Superpower
- Part III The Post–Cold War World
- Part IV Retreat and Defeat
- 19 Retrenchment, Engagement, and War: The Obama Years, 2009–2017
- 20 Retrenchment, Engagement, and Weakness: Trump and Biden, 2017–2022
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Index
Conclusion
from Part IV - Retreat and Defeat
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 January 2024
- Purpose and Power
- Purpose and Power
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Abbreviations
- Thinking about Grand Strategy in Peace and War
- Part I From Backwater to Great Power
- Part II From Great Power to Superpower
- Part III The Post–Cold War World
- Part IV Retreat and Defeat
- 19 Retrenchment, Engagement, and War: The Obama Years, 2009–2017
- 20 Retrenchment, Engagement, and Weakness: Trump and Biden, 2017–2022
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Index
Summary
The conclusion notes the American addiction to poor strategic ideas and how the US has done a poor job of preparing strategic thinkers. It reiterates the problem of nonexistent aims, the problems with the blundering or clumsy use of US power, while also showing the great success the US has enjoyed. America needs to relearn how to use its power to meet the challenges ahead and to think more clearly about political aims and strategy.
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- Purpose and PowerUS Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present, pp. 696 - 703Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024