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Quantifying US Militarism

Power Problems

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The US Meets Hostility With Grace and Mercy

John Avlon: The US has always relied on military force, but it generally paralleled its rivals' levels of hostility until the end of the Cold War. He says afterward, the US began to escalate hostilities as its rivals deescalated. Avlon: "The most distressing and stunning finding in our research was particularly the United States understand it's at the pinnacle of power"

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