TY - BOOK AU - Posen,Barry Ross TI - Restraint: a new foundation for U.S. grand strategy T2 - Cornell studies in security affairs SN - 9780801452581 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - JZ 1312 P855r 2014 U1 - 327.73 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Ithaca, New York PB - Cornell University Press KW - Hegemony KW - United States KW - Foreign relations KW - 2001-2009 KW - 2009- KW - Military policy KW - Estados Unidos KW - Relaciones exteriores KW - Política militar N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: The evolution of post-Cold War U.S. grand strategy. The path to liberal hegemony ; The strategic position of the United States ; Causes and consequences -- The perils of liberal hegemony. Direct costs ; The balance of power ; The allies ; Identity politics and intervention ; Military power and intervention ; Overstated benefits ; Persistent problems -- The case for restraint. The geopolitical interests of the United States ; Nuclear weapons : dilemmas, dangers, opportunities ; The struggle with Al-Qaeda and the enduring risk of international terrorism ; Implementing restraint in key regions ; The problems of transition to restraint ; Integrated reforms -- Command of the commons : the military strategy, force structure, and force posture of restraint. "Command of the commons" ; The insights of maritime strategy ; Force structure ; Global force posture ; Affordable and effective -- Conclusion: A sustained debate -- Critiques of restraint N2 - "The United States, Barry R. Posen argues in Restraint, has grown incapable of moderating its ambitions in international politics. Since the collapse of Soviet power, it has pursued a grand strategy that he calls 'liberal hegemony, ' one that Posen sees as unnecessary, counterproductive, costly, and wasteful. Written for policymakers and observers alike, Restraint explains precisely why this grand strategy works poorly and then provides [an] ... alternative grand strategy and an associated military strategy and force structure"--Dust jacket flap ER -