The new American interventionism
Subtitle: lessons from successes and failures : essays from Political science quarterly
By: edited by Demetrios James Caraley.
Contributors: Caraley, Demetrios.
Series: Power, conflict, and democracy
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: International police; Intervention (international law); United States -- Armed Forces -- Foreign countries
Other titles: Political science quarterly.
Description: "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 conflict; the almost universal circumvention of congressional authority; the ineffectualness of "pinprick" air strikes; and the essentially ad hoc nature of military deployment since the cold war."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.