TY - BOOK AU - Haass,Richard TI - Intervention: the use of American military force in the post-Cold War world SN - 9780870030567 U1 - 327.117 21 PY - 1994/// CY - Washington, DC PB - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace KW - World politics -- 1989- KW - United States -- Military policy KW - United States -- Military relations N2 - contrary to the expectations of some and the hopes of many, the demise of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War did not bring about an era of peace and stability. Rather, conflict between and within states is commonplace, and threaten to become more violent and dangerous with the spread of unconventional arms and the means to deliver them. Important, even vital, U.S. interests could be jeopardized in such a ER -