Publisher's Synopsis
This new edition of the Carnegie Endowment bestsellerselected by Choice as ""an outstanding academic book of 1995""now also discusses the interventions in Haiti and Bosnia, the 1998 crisis (and earlier skirmishes) with Iraq, and the decision to not intervene to halt apparent genocide in Central Africa.
In the core original study, which draws upon twelve casesincluding Somalia, Lebanon, Panama, Grenada, and the Gulf WarRichard Haass suggests political and military guidelines for potential U.S. military interventions ranging from peacekeeping and humanitarian operations to preventive strikes and all-out warfare.
