The New American Interventionism: Essays from Political Science Quarterly

by Demetrios James Caraley

Book Overview

Intervention is as American as apple pie, writes Robert Jervis in the introduction to this book. Illustrating this proposition, twelve authorities draw a general portrait of American military intervention since the end of the cold war by examining specific interventions: Bosnia, Lebanon, Somalia, Afghanistan, Panama, Haiti, the Gulf War, and South Korea. In the process, this book focuses on the great complexity involved when deciding to enter a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023111849X
• ISBN13: 9780231118491
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 10.0"