Intervention: the use of American military force in the post-Cold War world

1. The debate over intervention.

2. Recent cases of U. S. intervention.

3. The vocabulary of intervention.

4. Whether to intervene.

5. How to intervene.

6. Revisiting the past.

7. Considering the future.

8. Conclusion.

Appendices include: Charter of the United Nations

War powers resolution

The uses of military power / Caspar W. Weinberger

The use and usefulness of military forces in the post-Cold War, post-Soviet world / Les Aspin

U.S. forces : Challenges ahead / Colin L. Powell

Remarks at the U.S. Military Academy / George Bush

Confronting the challenges of a broader world / Bill Clinton

The Clinton administration's policy on reforming multilateral peace operations.