The end of the Cold War created a near-euphoria that nations 
might rely less on military force and that the Doomsday nuclear 
clock might stop short of midnight. Events soon dashed the higher 
of these hopes, but the nature of military force and the uses to 
which it might be put did appear to be changing.

    Here, eleven scholars address the political, moral, and military 
factors in the decision to use or avoid military force. Case studies of 
the Gulf War and Bosnia, the role of women in the armed forces, 
intelligence agencies, and inter-branch and inter-agency tensions 
and cooperation inform the various chapters. An introduction by H. 
W. Brands ties together the themes and perspectives.

    Contributors include Stephen Biddle, Alexander L. George, J. 
Bryan Hehir, Andrew Kohut, Andrew Krepinevich, James M. 
Lindsay, Charles Moskos, Williamson Murray, Bruce Russett, Tony 
Smith, and Susan L. Woodward.

    “To sum it up: this is an important book—go out and buy it.”—
International Affairs

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H. W. BRANDS is a professor of history at the University of Texas
at Austin and the author or editor of more than a dozen highly 
acclaimed books on U.S. history and foreign relations, including 
The Foreign Policies of Lyndon Johnson: Beyond Vietnam, also 
published by Texas A&M University Press.


Number Three: Foreign Relations and the Presidency