Eagle Adrift: American Foreign Policy at the End of the Century

by Robert J. Lieber

This collection of essays focuses upon the increased role of domestic constraints in shaping American foreign policy since the end of the Cold War. The text also contains in-depth coverage of the most... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0673982696
• ISBN13: 9780673982698
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Where does this book belong in the post 9-11 world?

I read this in 1999 for my US Foreign Policy class at NYU. It saddened me a little to wonder where this country would fit now that the Cold War was over. Sure, we'd had foreign conflicts in the decade; the 1st Gulf War, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Haiti, and the Kenya Embassy bombings. But would we be a world power without the huge Soviet enemy? 9-11 changed all that. In the space of one day, US Foreign Policy was changed. All the rules of engagement and negotiation were obsolete. Terrorism was redefined and the rules of the Geneva Convention would be bent or ignored. Now what? I haven't read this book in years, so I wonder where it belongs? The Cold War is nealry forgotten, and with good reason. We overestimated the Soviet Union's power in the first place, so we were in fear of an incompetent enemy. But are the events repeating themselves? Are we in real danger of terrorism? If there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, what about "dirty bombs"? Maybe future generations will read htis book for history class, to see how things were before 9-11. I wouldn't mind an update.

Flying High Eagle

In the best tradition of its predecessors, the fifth volume of the well-known Eagle series brings a whole set of new articles to discuss the American role in the post-Cold war world. Dealing with main trends and issues of today's U.S foreign policy, Eagle Adrift presents to the reader a very compelling evaluation of the constraints posed to strategic thinking nowadays: the increased relevance of domestic politics in the realm of international affairs. More and more, foreign policy is being invaded by internal considerations, weakening its long time vision. In all three sections of Eagle, the authors contributing to this edition will deal with this pervasive matter openly or sometimes indirectly. For those who wish to have a comprehensive understanding of American foreign policy, this Eagle is essential. Although its analysis lack some of the novelty and ingenuity that their authors ask of formulators and decision makers, Eagle provides a very good overview of America's problems in the scenario. Could our Eagle writers have been bolder? Hard to say. These are difficult transitional times where only one certainty remains: at the end of the century, in spite of flying unknown skies sometimes, the eagle still needs, and wishes, to land in all worlds