Spykman americas strategy in world politics the united states and the balance of power world of digitals skip to content. May 15, 2007 less than a year after the united states entered the second world war, nicholas spykman wrote a book that placed the war effort in the broader context of the 1940s global balance of power. The united states and the balance of power new york. Americas strategy in world politics by nicholas spykman 1942 american national security policy in the 21 st century is conducted on the foundations of a global network of military bases and strategic alliances that first emerged during world war ii and the early years of the cold war. This, in effect, is what professor spykman of the institute of international studies at yale has done in the present work. In america s strategy in world politics, spykman examined world politics from a realist geopolitical perspective.
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