Pax Americana. Mark Mazzetti.
by Mazzetti, Mark; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 59Global Issues. Publisher: U.S. News & World Report, 2003ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Bush | Hegemony | Humanitarian assistance -- American | Preemptive attack (Military science) | Terrorism -- Prevention | United States -- Armed Forces -- Forces in foreign countries | United States -- Armed Forces -- Reorganization | United States Dept. of Defense -- ReorganizationDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Even as it girds for a long and costly occupation of Iraq, the Pentagon is quietly carrying out the most comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. global force posture since the end of World War II. No longer will hundreds of thousands of American troops be garrisoned in the safe, family-friendly bases in Western Europe and Asia built during the Cold War....Instead, they will be pushed out to spartan bases, far from families, in remote locations like Kirgizstan, Bulgaria, and Djibouti--places most Americans couldn't locate on a map." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article discusses the global presence of U.S. forces and describes how the military is trying to "put into practice the [George W.] Bush Doctrine of pre-emptive military action."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Pax Americana, Oct. 6, 2003; pp. 30-37.
"Even as it girds for a long and costly occupation of Iraq, the Pentagon is quietly carrying out the most comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. global force posture since the end of World War II. No longer will hundreds of thousands of American troops be garrisoned in the safe, family-friendly bases in Western Europe and Asia built during the Cold War....Instead, they will be pushed out to spartan bases, far from families, in remote locations like Kirgizstan, Bulgaria, and Djibouti--places most Americans couldn't locate on a map." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article discusses the global presence of U.S. forces and describes how the military is trying to "put into practice the [George W.] Bush Doctrine of pre-emptive military action."
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