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The Clinton Administration and the Americas: The Postwar Rhythm and Blues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Robert A. Pastor
Robert A. Pastor*
Affiliation:
Emory University and Emory’s Carter Center
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For 40 years, the United States was so fearful of a thermonuclear bang that it barely noticed the whimper when the Cold War ended. There was not even any agreement on the date of the war’s end. Still, the people of the United States sensed its eagle had completed a great adventure and was returning to its nest, and that’s where they wanted it.

President George Bush was more sensitive to the shift in the balance of power in the Persian Gulf than to the swing in US mood. His quick success in the Persian Gulf lifted his popularity to a zenith, making his reelection defeat the next year all the more painful and seemingly inexplicable.

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Research Article
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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 38 , Issue 4 , Winter 1996 , pp. 99 - 128
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Copyright © University of Miami 1996

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