History’s Dead-Hand Grip by Joseph Ledford, Daniel J. Sargent (.ePUB)
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History’s Dead-Hand Grip: Politics, Statecraft, and “Lessons” of the Past by Joseph Ledford, Daniel J. Sargent
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Overview: The essays in History’s Dead-Hand Grip, a collection assembled by historians Joseph Ledford and Daniel J. Sargent, interrogate how historical reasoning informs statecraft across the globe.
The book is inspired by the work of American historian Ernest R. May, a pioneer in applied history―where studies of the past help formulate policy for the present.
Ledford and Sargent examine US history, as May did, assessing the historical record on the Monroe Doctrine and other Founder-era initiatives to understand contemporary American foreign policy. And they have invited leading scholars to take May’s methods further, turning the lens beyond the United States toward Asia, the Middle East, and South America.
This broad focus ranges from Brazil’s middle-power ambitions to the shifting sands of Israeli and Saudi statecraft, and from the building of a leadership cult to the artificial intelligence revolution currently in progress.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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