Vacuum Fears & U.S. Foreign Policy
Power Problems
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Ben Friedman is the Policy Director at Defense Priorities. His paper examines one of the most frequently cited rationales for perpetuating this or that US military deployment and generally for maintaining an oversized military presence abroad. He says conquest doesn't pay like it used to because wealth has become more industrial, making it easier to convert conquests into greater wealth and power.
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