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Fool's Errands: America's Recent Encounters With Nation Building
Source: Cato/Laissez Faire Books
Author: Gary Dempsey and Roger Fontaine
Country: United States

A critical look at American foreign policy in the 90s, covering the failed interventions in Bosnia, Haiti, Kosovo and Somalia. Cato Institute 2001, pb, 224 p., $10.95 from Laissez Faire.

The Failure of America's Foreign Wars
Source: Amazon.com/Future of Freedom Foundation
Author: Richard M. Ebeling and Jacob G. Hornberger (Eds.)
Country: United States

Collection of essays that strip away the nostalgia and revisionism of America's involvement in wars. (Amazon price $17.95 paperback; also available in hardback.)

CNN's Cold War Documentary: Issues and Controversy
Source: Amazon.com/Hoover Institution Press
Author: Arnold Beichman
Country: United States

CNN produced a television series on the cold war that generated much discussion. Is the CNN series an accurate depiction or revisionist history? To provide perspective on this issue, this book presents material on both sides of the debate. (Pub. 4/2000; paperback; Amazon price $14.36)

Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
Source: Owl/Amazon.com
Author: Chalmers Johnson
Country: United States

"'Blowback' -- the title refers to a CIA neologism describing the unintended consequences of American activity -- is a call for the United States to rethink its position in the world." (268 pp., pb, 2001, Amazon price: $12 each)

Exiting the Balkan Thicket
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Gary T. Dempsey
Country: United States

"Exiting the Balkan Thicket reviews the West's experiences in Bosnia and Kosovo and provides recommendations on how the United States can move beyond the status quo and forge a better balanced and more forward-looking security relationship with its European allies."

Peace & Freedom: Foreign Policy for a Constitutional Republic
Source: The Cato Institute/Amazon.com
Author: Ted Galen Carpenter
Country: United States

A collection of articles published since the mid-1980s addressing a wide range of foreign policy topics. (Pub.9/02; 224 pp.; paperback; Amazon price $10.36)

Defend America First
Source: Laissez Faire Books/Caxton Publishers
Author: Bruce Ramsey (Ed.)
Country: United States

Ramsey does an excellent job of putting together antiwar editorials by Garet Garrett circa World War II, providing just the right amount of supplemental information to provide context. Provides insight into the current political situation as well as historical perspective. (Pub. 3/03; 285 pp.; trade paper; LFB price $13.95)

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