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COPYRIGHT NOTICE: Colin Dueck: Reluctant Crusaders is published by Princeton University Press and copyrighted, © 2006, by Princeton University Press. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher, except for reading and browsing via the World Wide Web. Users are not permitted to mount this file on any network servers. Follow links for Class Use and other Permissions. For more information send email to: permissions@pupress.princeton.edu Introduction CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN AMERICAN GRAND STRATEGY EVER SINCE THE terrorist attacks of September 2001, a wide-ranging de­ bate has opened up regarding the proper course of American national security policy. Some critics have advocated a retrenchment of America’s international commitments, while others have called for a more multilat­ eral approach; still others, including the Bush administration itself, have embraced the aggressive promotion of American primacy overseas. The immediate focus has been on counterterrorism. But the broader question at stake has been the future of American “grand strategy.” Grand strategy involves the prioritization of foreign policy goals, the identification of existing and potential resources, and the selection of a plan or road map that uses those resources to meet those goals. Whenever foreign policy officials are faced with the task of reconciling foreign policy goals with limited resources, under the prospect of potential armed con­ flict, they are engaging in grand strategy. Levels of defense spending, for­ eign aid, alliance behavior, troop deployments, and diplomatic activity are all influenced by grand strategic assumptions. Whether implicitly or explicitly, leading officials in every nation-stat