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Matlock, Jack F.

Superpower illusions : how myths and false ideologies led America astray-- and how to return to reality / Jack F. Matlock, Jr. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010. - xviii, 344 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Myths and realities -- Framework diplomacy : Reagan's approach to Gorbachev -- Cleanup diplomacy and conclusions we can draw -- Regime change : the Soviet Union disintegrates -- A new world? (1992) -- The unipolar delusion (the 1990s) -- Hubris and its consequences (1993-2000) -- Asleep at the switch : 9/11 and the "War on Terror" -- Tar baby Iraq -- Ideology trumps reality (2001-2009) -- Course change -- An agenda, not a doctrine.

ISBN: 9780300137613 (alk. paper) 0300137613 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2009027152

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA9A8395 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015414813 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Guerra Fría--Influencia.
Actos unilaterales (derecho internacional).
Intervención (Derecho internacional).
Cold War--Influence.
Unilateral acts (International law)
Intervention (International law)
International cooperation.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Foreign relations--1989-
United States--Foreign relations--1981-1989.
United States--Foreign relations--Philosophy.
United States--Military policy.
United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
Estados Unidos--Relaciones exteriores--1989-
Estados Unidos--Relaciones exteriores--1981-1989.

LC Class. No.: 002 E 895 / M433s 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 329.73009048