American grand strategy and corporate elite networks: the open door since the end of the Cold War

Introduction -- 1. The social sources of American grand strategy -- 2. Three waves of non-territorial expansionism : American grand strategy from the Civil War to the Cold War -- 3. America's post-Cold War grand-strategy makers and corporate elite networks -- 4. American grand strategy after the Cold War : Clinton's grand-strategy makers and neoliberal globalization -- 5. American grand strategy after September 11 : Bush's grand-strategy makers and the neoconservative shift -- 6. American grand strategy after the global financial crisis : Obama's grand-strategy makers and imperial restoration -- Conclusion.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The plan of this book -- 1 The social sources of American grand strategy -- The puzzle of continuity and change in U.S. grand strategy -- The contribution from elite studies and class analysis -- A critical political economy approach to grand strategy analysis -- 2 Three waves of non-territorial expansionism: American grand strategy from the Civil War to the Cold War -- Capitalist expansionism and expansionist foreign policy -- From territorial expansionism to the first wave of Open Door imperialism -- The second wave: the Great Depression and the Pax Americana -- The third wave: the 1970s crisis and U.S.-centered neoliberal globalization -- The ends and means of Open Door imperialism -- 3 America's post-Cold War grand-strategy makers and corporate elite networks -- The role of corporate elite networks in grand strategy formation -- Analyzing social networks of grand-strategy makers: data and method -- Governmental career paths of post-Cold War grand-strategy makers -- Corporate affiliations of the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations -- The shared policy planning network -- Conclusion -- 4 American grand strategy after the Cold War: Clinton's grand-strategy makers and neoliberal globalization -- Clinton's grand-strategy makers -- The global context: the end of the Cold War as an opportunity for expansionism -- The Open Door worldview under Clinton: expansionism under the banner of globalization -- A grand strategy of neoliberal globalization: financial markets, free trade, and airstrikes -- Conclusion -- 5 American grand strategy after September 11: Bush's grand-strategy makers and the neoconservative shift -- Bush's grand-strategy makers.