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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>Rich in personalities, although sometimes naive</strong>.<br/><br/>Illuminating account of the transition between the Bush Sr. era and the Clinton administration, and their respective approaches to foreign policy, particularly in regards to the crisis in the Balkans in the 1990s. Halberstam makes some very...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15427112">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[When I discovered this book, I decided I had to read it - a book on American foreign policy in the 1990s - the period that I lived through but in terms of news primarily remember elections and the impeachment debacle. The history classes in high school and college never got this far, fizzling to a c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10549142">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I gave this a five out of five simply because it was all so new to me and I learned a lot.  I should probably go and read some more about this period to get some perspective, but I shall in good time...<br/><br/>What I got out of this was a lot of background on the politics and decision making of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77226898">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Halberstam is a master at using two hundred words when twenty will do, but his book is still an important look into the development of post-Cold War foreign policy, and the political, personal, and institutional factors that shaped foreign policy under Bush I and Clinton I. The fiascos in Bosnia, So...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20254936">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of 17 books, David Halberstam has a gift for bringing current events alive and putting them into historical perspective in an engaging way. In many respects, <em>War in a Time of Peace</em> serves as a sequel to his classic <em>The Best and the Brightest</em> in its examination of how the lessons of Vietnam have influenced American foreign policy in the post-Cold War era. Beginning with the Persian Gulf War, Halberstam discusses the political shift in emphasis from foreign to domestic issues that ushered in the first Clinton administration. Despite the fact that Clinton, along with much of the country, preferred to focus on the home front, the U.S. nonetheless found itself drawn into conflicts in Haiti, Somalia, and the Balkans--events that reflected American discomfort with the use of its military forces abroad while at the same time acknowledging that much of the world is dependent upon the U.S. for both guidance and support. The book also highlights the many nonpolitical factors that have influenced these political changes, including a generational shift in national leadership, the modern media's emphasis on entertainment over foreign news, a leap in military technology, and American economic prosperity that has rendered foreign policy largely irrelevant to many citizens.<p>  Halberstam is a master at presenting well-rounded portraits and telling anecdotes of the personalities that have created U.S. policy, casting new light on well-known figures such as Clinton, Colin Powell, and George H.W. Bush, as well as supporting players such as Anthony Lake, Richard Holbrooke, James Baker, Madeleine Albright, General Wesley Clark, Al Gore, and many other influential American leaders of the past decade. Having covered many aspects of American history and foreign policy since the early 1960s, Halberstam is uniquely qualified to report on an era in which the U.S., and the world, has changed so dramatically. <em>--Shawn Carkonen</em> </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is full of interesting stuff, mostly about the wars in the Balkans in the 90's but also small sections on Haiti, Rwanda, and Somalia.  But I believe David Halberstam wrote it stream-of-conscious style with no outline or redrafts, and that it went straight from his typewriter to the booksto...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6895042">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Heavy on the Clinton, light on the Bush. Heavy on Bosnia, way too light on Rwanda. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I learned a lot about what happened behind the scenes in Washington as the Balkans fell apart. The book also offers great insight about Bush I and Clinton's campaigns, at least for those of us who were too young/apathetic at the time to pay close attention. Like any political book, this is proof tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1712314">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Very depressing...again where was the press]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What is the nature of the wars that the US has been involved in since the Cold War ended?  What roles did Bush Sr, Clinton, the generals and the policy makers play?  This book discusses the Gulf War, Somalia, Bosnia/Kosovo, etc.....all the public &amp; behind the scenes manipulations &amp; mistakes are here...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10226436">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really good explanation of the relationships between the presidents and military for the time period between Iraq War I and Sept 11 - basically covering the entire Balkans crisis.  I have a lot more respect for Geo H W Bush and less for Clinton now, believe it or not.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The late David Halberstam is one of the best authors in recent American history.  <br/><br/>I loved this book as it was a great historical account of the Clinton years and that administration's foreign policy (or lack thereof).     ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Part history and part current affairs. Halberstam examines how the Vietnam War experience has shaped and influenced US foreign policy...especially after the Cold War. Really interesting.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm actually really enjoying this book.  It's interesting to hear a unbiased view of the politics of the eighties and nineties.  I only have vague memories of when most of this stuff happened.  ]]></body>
    
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[No substitute for good scholarship when it comes to examining political epochs and transitions in world-order.  I remember it being a very good read, but I was 18 or so at the time.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of 17 books, David Halberstam has a gift for bringing current events alive and putting them into historical perspective in an engaging way. In many respects, <em>War in a Time of Peace</em> serves as a sequel to his classic <em>The Best and the Brightest</em> in its examination of how the lessons of Vietnam have influenced American foreign policy in the post-Cold War era. Beginning with the Persian Gulf War, Halberstam discusses the political shift in emphasis from foreign to domestic issues that ushered in the first Clinton administration. Despite the fact that Clinton, along with much of the country, preferred to focus on the home front, the U.S. nonetheless found itself drawn into conflicts in Haiti, Somalia, and the Balkans--events that reflected American discomfort with the use of its military forces abroad while at the same time acknowledging that much of the world is dependent upon the U.S. for both guidance and support. The book also highlights the many nonpolitical factors that have influenced these political changes, including a generational shift in national leadership, the modern media's emphasis on entertainment over foreign news, a leap in military technology, and American economic prosperity that has rendered foreign policy largely irrelevant to many citizens.<p>  Halberstam is a master at presenting well-rounded portraits and telling anecdotes of the personalities that have created U.S. policy, casting new light on well-known figures such as Clinton, Colin Powell, and George H.W. Bush, as well as supporting players such as Anthony Lake, Richard Holbrooke, James Baker, Madeleine Albright, General Wesley Clark, Al Gore, and many other influential American leaders of the past decade. Having covered many aspects of American history and foreign policy since the early 1960s, Halberstam is uniquely qualified to report on an era in which the U.S., and the world, has changed so dramatically. <em>--Shawn Carkonen</em> </p>]]>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Only for foreign policy junkies. Even then, be prepared to be overloaded on facts and details of those who shaped American foreign policy in the years before 9/11.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[America's world conflicts of the 90's.  Mainly anchored around the conflicts of the Balkans and the key political and military figures of this era.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[vicious partisan masquerading as a reporter.  interesting look, however, at another one of the world's longtime and seemingly intractable problems.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of 17 books, David Halberstam has a gift for bringing current events alive and putting them into historical perspective in an engaging way. In many respects, <em>War in a Time of Peace</em> serves as a sequel to his classic <em>The Best and the Brightest</em> in its examination of how the lessons of Vietnam have influenced American foreign policy in the post-Cold War era. Beginning with the Persian Gulf War, Halberstam discusses the political shift in emphasis from foreign to domestic issues that ushered in the first Clinton administration. Despite the fact that Clinton, along with much of the country, preferred to focus on the home front, the U.S. nonetheless found itself drawn into conflicts in Haiti, Somalia, and the Balkans--events that reflected American discomfort with the use of its military forces abroad while at the same time acknowledging that much of the world is dependent upon the U.S. for both guidance and support. The book also highlights the many nonpolitical factors that have influenced these political changes, including a generational shift in national leadership, the modern media's emphasis on entertainment over foreign news, a leap in military technology, and American economic prosperity that has rendered foreign policy largely irrelevant to many citizens.<p>  Halberstam is a master at presenting well-rounded portraits and telling anecdotes of the personalities that have created U.S. policy, casting new light on well-known figures such as Clinton, Colin Powell, and George H.W. Bush, as well as supporting players such as Anthony Lake, Richard Holbrooke, James Baker, Madeleine Albright, General Wesley Clark, Al Gore, and many other influential American leaders of the past decade. Having covered many aspects of American history and foreign policy since the early 1960s, Halberstam is uniquely qualified to report on an era in which the U.S., and the world, has changed so dramatically. <em>--Shawn Carkonen</em> </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting read that mostly focuses on the conflict in the former Yugoslavia.  There are a lot of names to keep up with though.]]></body>
    
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