On Grand Strategy

John Lewis Gaddis, a renowned historian, has written a training manual for our troubled times, offering insights into grand strategic theory and practice across different historical periods. The book covers topics such as statecraft, warfare, and leading a meaningful life and is praised for its ability to make sense of our world while making thoughtful historical judgments.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 02 April 2019
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

"A training manual for our troubled times ... It makes sense of our world, but is also capable of beautifully crafted pithy historical judgements. ... It is a book that cares about liberty, choice and a moral compass, that warns against hubris. Roger Boyes, The Times John Lewis Gaddis, the distinguished historian and acclaimed author of The Cold War, has for almost two decades co-taught the grand strategy seminar at Yale University with his colleagues Charles Hill and Paul Kennedy. Now, in On Grand Strategy, Gaddis reflects with insight and wit on what he has learned. In chapters extending from the ancient world through World War II, Gaddis assesses grand strategic theory and practice in Herodotus, Thucydides, Sun Tzu, Octavian/Augustus, Saint Augustine, Machiavelli, Elizabeth I, Philip II, the American Founding Fathers, Clausewitz, Tolstoy, Lincoln, Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Isaiah Berlin. For the past 16 years Gaddis has taught a course on grand strategy to students at Yale University. Reading his book, you wish every university could offer it. Gaddis roves across the centuries, offering advice on subjects from statecraft and warfare to leading a worthwhile life. Phillip Delves Broughton, Evening Standard"

Weight: 280g
Dimension: 199 x 144 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780141987224