From the Preface to the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition:This was a
controversial book, and likely remains so.? The world 25 years
later looks quite different. With the end of the Cold War, the
United States is now the world's only superpower. If this country
cannot shape the international system and bring peace and stability
to much of the world, surely no other state can. Yet the will to a
broadly internationalist foreign policy cannot currently be found
in the United States. The near-consensus that ranged across foreign
policy elites before the Vietnam War has never been restored. Maybe
that's just as well. But I hold to much of the basic perspective of
this book as offering some guidance for fellow ?cooperative
internationalists.? The power to shape international affairs is
limited; military intervention is a costly, blunt, and dangerous
instrument. The five questions I ask on page 108 of this book
remain appropriate. I do believe there are appropriate
circumstances for military action in international affairs. In most
circumstances I do not believe that it is desirable, effective, or
just to try to spread democracy or other American values by force
of arms. Much more could be done by way of financial assistance as
well as consistent ideological and technical support to create a
more democratic and interdependent environment within which peace
can be secured.? If the Vietnam War derived in substantial part
from an overconfident and unilateral interpretation of history,
that is a mistake from which we can still learn.
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