Books by John Gaddis
Strategies of Containment
by John Gaddis
I think it is the best synthetic treatment of American grand strategy during the Cold War. Gaddis does a very good job of telling the story of the emergence of US efforts to contain the Soviet Union, and he packages the story in a conceptual way that I think has shaped public debate about American strategy ever since.
Interviews where books by John Gaddis were recommended
The best books on US Intervention, recommended by Lawrence Kaplan
The foreign affairs commentator explains why US presidents have less room to manoeuvre on foreign policy than they think, and why President Obama had to set aside his “minimalist” inclinations.
The best books on Grand Strategy, recommended by Charles Kupchan
The Professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University and Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations discusses diplomacy versus coercion and selects five essential books on international relations.
