US grand strategy and the Madman Theory

'A perceptive, intelligent, and engaging history of the intellectual roots and uses of threats of extreme military force by the Eisenhower, Nixon, and Trump administrations' Tom Wells, author of The Kissinger Tapes: Inside His Secretly Recorded Phone Conversations and Wild Man: The Life and Times of Daniel Ellsberg 'Essential reading for anyone trying to make sense of the last sixty years of American power—and where it’s headed next.' Amie Parnes, Senior Correspondent at The Hill, co-author of Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House and Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the White House -- .