| Description |
1 online resource (x, 262 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge Essential Histories |
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Cambridge essential histories.
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| Summary |
"This book offers a bold reinterpretation of the prevailing narrative that US foreign policy after the Cold War was a failure. In chapters that retell and reargue the key episodes of the post-Cold War years, Lynch argues that the Cold War cast a shadow on the presidents that came after it and that success came more from adapting to that shadow than in attempts to escape it. When strategic lessons of the Cold War were applied, presidents fared better; when they were forgotten, they fared worse. This book tells the story not of a revolution in American foreign policy, but of its essentially continuous character from one era to the next. While there were many setbacks between the fall of Soviet communism and the opening years of the Trump administration, from Rwanda to 9/11 and Iraq to Syria, Lynch demonstrates that the United States remained the world's dominant power"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 21, 2020) |
| Subject |
Cold War.
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International relations -- Administration
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989- -- Decision making
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United States -- Foreign relations administration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140116
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019038163 |
| ISBN |
9781139027120 |
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1139027123 |
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