US Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era Restraint versus Assertiv

Why has the US proven unable to enact a foreign policy of restraint in the post-Cold War era? For all but a brief period in the 1990s, US foreign policy is marked by an assertive appearance despite relative hegemony. This book examines the causes and impa

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R est r a i n t v e r sus A sse rt i v en ess From George H. W. Bush To Ba r ac k Ob a m a

Tudor A. O nea

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US For e ign Pol ic y i n t h e Post – C ol d Wa r E r a

US FOREIGN POLICY IN THE POST– COLD WAR ERA

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Acknowledgments

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Introduction

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US Prestige and Its Challengers

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The US Failed Experiment with Restraint

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Prestige and Assertiveness in Kosovo

65

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The Indispensable Nation and US Unilateralism

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The Unite