Contents: 1. Ours and theirs : Washington's love/hate relationship with terrorist and human rights violators 2. United states use of weapons of mass destruction 3. A rogue state versus the world.
At that time the Soviet Union still existed and the cold wat was very much alive, particularly with Ronald Reagan in the White House, and the Introduction reflects this. It is presented here because it offers a concise history of the cold war and a background to understanding the impetus behind, and the nature of, the many American interventions throughout the world. The actual case histories o…