Volume 46, Number 6 · April 8, 1999

Power for What?

By William Pfaff

Logically, at the cold war's end, the United States should have begun a long-term scaling down of forces and commitments abroad. The cold war was a period of crisis demanding exceptional measures. Its end altered contemporary geopolitical circumstances, meriting a serious response from Washington.



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