intervention (international law)

Noam Chomsky presents evidence to support his contention that U.S. leaders have, since the end of World War II, pursued a position of world dominance that has placed Earth and the entire human race at risk.

Examines how Harry Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson, and George W. Bush have confronted wars that seemed impossible for America to win, describing how each president faced the challenges of fighting an unpopular war and used their presidential power to undermine the checks and balances of the Constitution.

Explores how the shadow of the Cold War still hangs over American foreign policy and discusses how domestic politics have determined the United States' role as a world power.

Explores the impact the Barbary Wars, the Boxer Rebellion, and the occupations of Haiti, Nicaragua, and the Philippines played in America's rise throughout the last two centuries.

Contains twenty-six essays in which various authors present opposing viewpoints on war, discussing the causes of war, the value of international intervention, the role of the U.S. as a peacekeeper, and prevention.

Discusses isolationism and intervention both as philosophies and with reference to major historical events including the World Wars, the Cold War, Haiti, and Bosnia.

Uses the conflict in the former Yugoslavia as a lens through which to consider the questions of when, why, and how the United States should attempt to resolve crises overseas if they do not threaten the nation's physical security.

A history of the United States military involvement and intervention in Latin America including the countries of Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, and Panama.

An examination of the history of manhunts by U.S. Armed Forces, describing the searches for Geronimo, Emilio Aguinaldo, Pancho Villa, Manuel Noriega, Mohammed Farah Aideed, Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.