Reseña del libro "the superpower myth: the use and misuse of american might"
are there limits to american power? the neoconservative brain trust behind the bush administrations foreign policy doesnt seem to recognize any. for the first time, we have people in power who believe that, as the worlds reigning superpower, america can do what it wants, when it wants, without regard to allies, costs, or results. but as events in iraq have proven, america maybe powerful, but not all-powerful. in practice, no country could ever be strong enough to solve problems like somalia, kosovo, afghanistan, and iraq through purely military means. in the future, america ` s power will constantly be called upon to help failed and failing states, and it is becoming clear that the complex mess of somalia has replaced the proxy war of vietnam as the model for what future military conflicts will look like: a failed state, a power vacuum, armed factions, and enough chaos to panic an entire region. the real lesson of september 11 isnt that saddam hussein might have a nuclear weapon, its that even a far away crises can have grave effects on american interests. a country in chaos may seem like a distant concern, but drugs, weapons, expertise, refugees, terrorists, and instability are all easily exportable goods. the clinton white house, through trial and error, laid out a more productive foreign policy, beginning with this idea, that we have a practical obligation--in addition to our moral one--to be involved in most international crises. however, even when it leads, the united states does not have the military power, the credibility, or the desire among its citizenry to take on these problems alone. powerful, provocative, and persuasive, the future of americas security depends on overcoming the superpower myth.
