Superpower illusions [electronic resource] : how myths and false ideologies led America astray, and how to return to reality / Jack F. Matlock, Jr.
Material type: TextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010Description: xviii, 344 pISBN: 9780300155969 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Cold War -- Influence | Unilateral acts (International law) | Intervention (International law) | International cooperation | United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989- | United States -- Foreign relations -- 1981-1989 | United States -- Foreign relations -- Philosophy | United States -- Military policy | United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union | Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.LOC classification: E895 | .M38 2010Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Myths and realities -- Framework diplomacy : Reagan's approach to Gorbachev -- Cleanup diplomacy and conclusions we can draw -- Regime change : the Soviet Union disintegrates -- A new world? (1992) -- The unipolar delusion (the 1990s) -- Hubris and its consequences (1993-2000) -- Asleep at the switch : 9/11 and the "War on Terror" -- Tar baby Iraq -- Ideology trumps reality (2001-2009) -- Course change -- An agenda, not a doctrine.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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