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Article: After the End: Making U.S. Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War World.(Review)
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- American Political Science Review
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- December 1, 1999
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After the End: Making U.S. Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War World. Edited by James M. Scott. Durham, NC, and London: Duke University Press, 1998. 408p. $64.95 cloth, $21.95 paper.
In the immediate aftermath of the Cold War, most commentators expected not only the substance but also the process of American foreign policy to alter significantly. Disaggregation and decentralization seemed the likely order of the future. Absent the Soviet threat, U.S. presidents would be unable to invoke permanent crisis to validate their dominance. Economic agendas would replace security ones. As domestic and foreign policy increasingly coincided, Congress would become more ...