War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton and the Generals

Scribner, New York, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 543 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Previous owner's signature in ink. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of 17 books, David Halberstam has a gift for bringing current events alive and putting them into historical perspective in an engaging way. In many respects, War in a Time of Peace serves as a sequel to his classic The Best and the Brightest in its examination of how the lessons of Vietnam have influenced American foreign policy in the post-Cold War era. Beginning with the Persian Gulf War, Halberstam discusses the political shift in emphasis from foreign to domestic issues that ushered in the first Clinton administration. Despite the fact that Clinton, along with much of the country, preferred to focus on the home front, the U.S. nonetheless found itself drawn into conflicts in Haiti, Somalia, and the Balkans--events that reflected American discomfort with the use of its military forces abroad while at the same time acknowledging that much of the world is dependent upon the U.S. for both guidance and support. The book also highlights the many nonpolitical factors that have influenced these political changes, including a generational shift in national leadership, the modern media's emphasis on entertainment over foreign news, a leap in military technology, and American economic prosperity that has rendered foreign policy largely irrelevant to many citizens. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; American History; United States; 1990s; Politics & Government, Current Affairs. ISBN: 0743202120. ISBN/EAN: 9780743202121. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9315. . 9780743202121