{"product_id":"emergent-strategy-and-grand-strategy-ionut-popescu-9781421423777","title":"Emergent Strategy and Grand Strategy: How American Presidents Succeed in Foreign Policy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if successful strategies are sometimes formed through an emergent process of learning and adaptation?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs following a coherent grand strategy the key to achieving successful outcomes in American foreign policy? For many experts in academia and Washington, the answer is yes. Policymakers usually face criticism when they take incremental actions based on short-term considerations. But could such actions actually converge into a successful emergent strategy over time?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIonut Popescu conclusively shows that in some cases, an emergent learning model leads to better overall strategic performance than a long-term strategic plan or framework. Popescu argues that it is time to rethink the origins of some of the most important successes and failures of America's tenure as a global superpower after World War II. Presenting empirical data culled from archival research and interviews with higher-ups, Popescu covers eight US presidential administrations, ranging from Truman to Obama, to demonstrate that senior policymakers should be skeptical of the idea that formulating and implementing a long-term grand strategy is the road to a successful foreign policy legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, the book asserts, leaders should prioritize learning from the almost unavoidable mistakes they will make early in their careers and adapting their plans to unanticipated events and changes in the international environment. \u003ci\u003eEmergent Strategy and Grand Strategy\u003c\/i\u003e thus offers both scholars and practitioners of foreign policy an original theoretical framework to explain strategic success.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ionut Popescu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421423774\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421423777\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2018","brand":"Ionut Popescu","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48217345786111,"sku":"9781421423777","price":57.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec2357e7-8dd0-4646-9759-517cce7db894.jpg?v=1771996645","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/emergent-strategy-and-grand-strategy-ionut-popescu-9781421423777","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}