Book · 2021 · Political Science
The Strategy of Denial
American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
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The second book I thought to recommend is uh Bridge KBY's Strategy of Denial.
Yoram Hazony · The Ezra Klein Show · Aug 2025 Listen at 1:18:53 The best things said about it
I think if you want to understand US defense policy, it's worth picking up a strategy of denial by Elbridge Colby who is now at the Pentagon.
Just for backdrop wrote a book called strategy of denial, which was a book arguing specifically that US foreign policy should be oriented around deterrence against potential Chinese aggression in the Pacific.
Why people recommend it
The Strategy of Denial by Elbridge A. Colby is a defense policy book that argues United States foreign policy must be explicitly oriented around military deterrence against potential Chinese aggression in the Pacific. On The Ezra Klein Show, Yoram Hazony recommended the book to help explain the underlying foreign policy perspectives driving nationalist revivals on the right. Emma Ashford also recommended the book on The Ezra Klein Show, noting that anyone hoping to understand contemporary United States defense policy should read Colby's work. Furthermore, Ross Douthat discussed the book on Interesting Times to provide background context for Donald Trump's broader grand strategy regarding China and international relations. Commentators and guests frequently referenced the text to analyze the strategic logic behind modern American defense planning and great power competition in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Emma Ashford I think if you want to understand US defense policy, it's worth picking up a strategy of denial by Elbridge… 1
“I think if you want to understand US defense policy, it's worth picking up a strategy of denial by Elbridge Colby who is now at the Pentagon.”
Yoram Hazony The second book I thought to recommend is uh Bridge KBY's Strategy of Denial. 1
“The second book I thought to recommend is uh Bridge KBY's Strategy of Denial.”
Ross Douthat Just for backdrop wrote a book called strategy of denial, which was a book arguing specifically that US for… 1
“Just for backdrop wrote a book called strategy of denial, which was a book arguing specifically that US foreign policy should be oriented around deterrence against potential Chinese aggression in the Pacific.”
