The United States and the Cold War

The vision of american emperium that marked the cold war was always an unstable one, cyclically breaking down under the internal weight of its own inherent contradictions. The destructive consequences of us. Power were justified time and again, either as aberrations necessitated by the imperative of anti communism or unfortunate transitional developments on the way to full fledged liberal democracy. Us. Outed liberal constitutionalism as as a principle legitimate violations of liberal constitutionalism in practice. But none the less, the path remains one that ultimately represents an American commitment to supporting democracy in the world.