\u003cP\u003eWhat is Soviet-American competition all about? Is the Soviet Union a security problem that the United States must solve? Or is it an insecurity condition with which the U.S. must learn to liveâand if so, on what terms? What kind of a player is the United States in the great game of power politics? In \u003cI\u003eThe Geopolitics of Super Power\u003c/I\u003e, one of our most respected strategic theorists answers these and other questions.\u003c/P\u003e\u003cP\u003eIn geopolitical terms, Colin Gray sees the Soviet-American antagonism as an enduring contest between a continental empire and a maritime coalition, each with its distinctive character and purposes. Gray explores the roots of the American style in foreign policy and strategy, and how that style relates to defense options.\u003c/P\u003e\u003cP\u003eHe identifies four broad alternatives for U.S. national security policy: passive and active means of containment, disengagement from foreign security commitments, and the \"rollback\" of the Soviet empire. Gray argues vigorously for active containment, for the systematic deemphasis of nuclear weapons, and for the intelligent use, for deterrence and defense purposes, of the West's great competitive strengths in the political, economic, and technological spheres.\u003c/P\u003e
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