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Thinking about grand strategy in Peace and war -- The fight for sovereignty, 1775-1801 -- Expansion, sovereignty, and war, 1801-1817 -- Seeking a continent : expansion, Indian removal, and the Mexican War, 1817-1849 -- Schism, Civil War, and Reconstruction, 1849-1877 -- Conquering a continent : the Indian wars, 1865-1897 -- American empire, 1897-1913 -- Stepping on the global stage, 1913-1921 -- The interwar interlude, 1921-1939 -- Moving astride the world : the Second World War, 1939-1945 -- The hot peace and the Korean War, 1945-1953 -- The hot peace : the Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson Years, 1953-1969 -- The Vietnam War, 1961-1969 -- Détente and defeat : Nixon, Ford, and Vietnam, 1969-1977 -- For want of a vision : the Carter Years, 1977-1981 -- Winning the hot peace : Reagan's great power competition, 1981-1990 -- The Gulf War, or first Iraq War, 1990-1991 -- The new world disorder : Bush and Clinton, 1991-2001 -- Wilsonian revolutionaries : Bush and War, 2001-2009 -- Retrenchment, engagement, and war : the Obama Years, 2009-2017 -- Retrenchment, engagement, and weakness : Trump and Biden, 2017-2022. |
