Imperial Alibis: Rationalizing U.S. Intervention After the Cold War

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Looking at Iraq, Libya, Grenada, Panama, Biafra, the Dominican Republic, Burundi, and other post Cold War hot spots, Shalom carefully documents the pretexts for U.S. intervention. Ch. 1. The Sources of U.S. Foreign Policy. Capitalism and U.S. Foreign Policy. Racism and U.S. Foreign Policy. Sexism, Heterosexism, and U.S. Foreign Policy -- Ch. 2. The Soviet Threat. The Early Cold War. The Continuing Cold War. Moscow's Troubling Absence -- Ch. 3. Stopping The Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Grooming the 'Policeman of the Gulf'. Arms Are For Hugging. Better Dying Through Chemistry. Bee Shit and Bull Shit. Iraq and Chemical Warfare. Nuclear Arms. The Israeli Bomb. No Nukes and No Gas -- Ch. 4. Protecting Resources. Some Crude History. The Iran-Iraq War. The Soviet Threat and the Rapid Deployment Force. Two Tracks to Teheran. The American Armada. Indifference and Diplomacy -- Ch. 5. Protecting Americans Abroad. The Dominican Republic. The Mayaguez. Grenada -- Ch. 6. The U.S. Response to Humanitarian Crises. The Holocaust. Biafra. Bangladesh. Burundi. Cambodia. More Massacres -- Ch. 7. Terrorism -- The Case of Libya. The Terror Connection. Stray Dogs and Foreign Plots. An Eye for An Eye. Adventureland -- Ch. 8. Drugs and U.S. Foreign Policy. Merchants of Death. Narco-traffickers. The Washington Connection. Contra-Indications. The Invasion of Panama. High in the Andes. Uncle Sam to the Rescue