On grand strategy - John Lewis Gaddis

'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