America's Wars (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781316511602)

The collapse of the Soviet Union ushered in American global hegemony in world affairs. In the post-Cold War period, both Democrat and Republican governments intervened, fought insurgencies, and changed regimes. In America's Wars, Thomas Henriksen explores how America tried to remake the world by militarily invading a host of nations beset with civil wars, ethnic cleansing, brutal dictators, and devastating humanitarian conditions. The immediate post-Cold War years saw the United States carrying out interventions in the name of Western-style democracy, humanitarianism, and liberal internationalism in Panama, Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia and Kosovo. Later, the 9/11 terrorist attacks led America into larger-scale military incursions to defend itself from further assaults by al Qaeda in Afghanistan and from perceived nuclear arms in Iraq, while fighting small-footprint conflicts in Africa, Asia, and Arabia. This era is coming to an end with the resurgence of great power rivalry and rising threats from China and Russia.

Author: Thomas H. Henriksen
ISBN-10: 131651160X
ISBN-13: 9781316511602
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/20/2022
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.37lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2022