The Shaping of Grand Strategy: Policy, Diplomacy, and War.by Murray HB<|

The Shaping of Grand StrategyPolicy, Diplomacy, and War\nAuthor(s): Williamson Murray, Richard Hart Sinnreich, James Lacey\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521761260, 978-0521761260\nSynopsis\nWithin a variety of historical contexts, The Shaping of Grand Strategy addresses the most important tasks states have confronted: namely, how to protect their citizens against the short-range as well as long-range dangers their polities confront in the present and may confront in the future. To be successful, grand strategy demands that governments and leaders chart a course that involves more than simply reacting to immediate events. Above all, it demands they adapt to sudden and major changes in the international environment, which more often than not involves the outbreak of great conflicts but at times demands recognition of major economic, political, or diplomatic changes. This collection of essays e.