To Dare Mighty Things: U.S. Defense Strategy Since the Revolution

To Dare Mighty Things: U.S. Defense Strategy Since the Revolution - Hardcover

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To Dare Mighty Things: U.S. Defense Strategy Since the Revolution - Hardcover

To Dare Mighty Things: U.S. Defense Strategy Since the Revolution - Hardcover

by Michael O'Hanlon
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Book Overview

The definitive history of U.S. defense strategy

Much of the history of U.S. defense over the course of 250 years has been a story of success. Insulated by two oceans and mostly friendly neighbors, but constantly ambitious abroad, America has dared mighty things and often achieved them, argues defense analyst Michael O'Hanlon. After growing into a continental power, largely through force of arms, during the first half of its history, it then led the way to coalition victories in two world wars, pursued peace in the Cold War, and has contributed to the most democratic period in human history. But it is a more "dangerous nation" than most citizens appreciate, given that its leaders, as well as its people, are highly self-confident and activist. O'Hanlon claims that only by understanding this "national DNA" can we hope to steer safely through the twenty-first century. He further argues that, in contrast to its consistently assertive grand strategy, there has been no single defining American "way of war" since 1775--a good thing, since what often worked for the country in the past may be of less relevance for the modern age.
ISBN9780300279931
Author Michael O'Hanlon
PublisherYale University Press
GenreNews & politics and History
FormatHardcover
PublishedJanuary 2026
LanguageENG- English
Pages352
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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To Dare Mighty Things: U.S. Defense Strategy Since the Revolution

To Dare Mighty Things: U.S. Defense Strategy Since the Revolution - Hardcover

To Dare Mighty Things: U.S. Defense Strategy Since the Revolution - Hardcover

By Michael O'Hanlon

About Michael O'Hanlon

Michael O'Hanlon holds the Phil Knight Chair in Defense and Strategy at Brookings, where he also is director of research and director of the Talbott Center in the Foreign Policy program. He teaches at Columbia and Georgetown universities and elsewhere. Earlier in his career, O'Hanlon worked for the Congressional Budget Office, the Peace Corps, the "gravity group" at Princeton University, and dairy farms in upstate New York. He is the author of some 20 books, most recently The Art of War in an Age of Peace: U.S. Grand Strategy and Resolute Restraint (Yale, 2021).

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