The book argues basically as that containment failed. After 19 75, ther a whole bunch of dominoes fell into the soviet orbit. And all these countries turned into economic and political and often military basket cases. The united states had cool warfare thing done by the nineties. Were only if anything, containment succeeded when it failed,. I might add, i've sold twice, and it's the most wonderful place to get energy in new York.
In this conversation based on his new book, The Stupidity of War, political scientist John Mueller argues that American foreign policy since 1945 has been one long miscue; most international threats — including during the Cold War — have been substantially exaggerated. The result has been agony and bloviation, unnecessary and costly military interventions that have mostly failed. With international war in decline, complacency and appeasement become viable diplomatic devices and a large military is scarcely required.