As the United States rose to ascendancy in the first decades of the twentieth century, observers abroad associated American economic power most directly with its burgeoning automobile industry. In the 1930s, in a bid to emulate and challenge America, engineers from across the world flocked to...

Introduction -- Strategic need and economic discrimination -- German grand strategy, 1879-1914 -- French grand strategy, 1887-1914 -- British grand strategy, 1919-39 -- U.S. grand strategy, 1945-67 -- Conclusion