From Berlin to Baghdad

"From Berlin to Baghdad dissects the numerous unsuccessful attempts to devise a new grand foreign policy strategy that could match the moral clarity and political efficacy of the containment strategy of the Cold War. The book charts the often onerous course of recent American foreign policy, from the triumph of the fall of the Berlin Wall to the tragedies of 9/11 and beyond, analyzing the nations search for purpose in the face of the daunting complexities of the post-Cold War world."--Jacket.