Kolko’s initiates the discussion by asserting that “the United States is now the sole nation with the ambition and presumably the military power and economic resources to rearrange the political destinies of states in whatever corner of the world it chooses to intervene.” (p. viii) Since the U.S. is ready to intervene virtually anywhere, we are doomed for recipes for failure and for more wars. Kolk

Taken as a whole, “there are countless ethical and other reasons to cease meddling everywhere.” (p. 149) . Radicalized, suicidal Islamists are, to a great extent, the outcome of a half-century of America's interference in the Middle East and Muslim world. The hubris and wishful thinking of our own national leaders throughout time caused the conflicts valid in the present day. Even though the destructiveness of war might prevent it from happening, future conflicts will occur if we tend to play the role of the international peace keeper. Kolko offers numerous examples to prove his point, but he fails to tie the modern cause of war to a cause that can be applied across the board. He also fails to present theories of peace. Being exposed to any theories of war and peace, I find this book unsatisfying. Instead of it analyzing causes of war and peace, it just tends to analyze U.S. foreign policy.

Although Kolko is superb when it comes to discrediting our foreign policies, he falls short when it comes to offering successful solutions. Perhaps he can apply his knowledge of modern warfare for the purposes of finding the fundamental causes of war. Kolko briefly mentions general causes of war while discussing U.S.’s reliance on military power “to intervene countless times in various places to preserve status quos that perpet

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