Superpower illusions
Subtitle: how myths and false ideologies led America astray-- and how to return to reality
By: Jack F. Matlock, Jr
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780300137613
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Myths and realities; title: Framework diplomacy : Reagan's approach to Gorbachev; title: Cleanup diplomacy and conclusions we can draw; title: Regime change : the Soviet Union disintegrates; title: A new world? (1992); title: The unipolar delusion (the 1990s); title: Hubris and its consequences (1993-2000); title: Asleep at the switch : 9/11 and the "War on Terror"; title: Tar baby Iraq; title: Ideology trumps reality (2001-2009); title: Course change; title: An agenda, not a doctrine.