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A superpower in search of a role

Review by Philip Stephens

Published: July 20 2008 19:02 | Last updated: July 20 2008 19:02

A superpower in search of a role
From 11/9 to 9/11 
By Derek Chollet and James Goldgeier Public Affairs, New York, $27.95

During George H.W. Bush’s last year in the White House, the Pentagon produced a new strategic framework for US foreign policy. Written in the immediate aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the draft 1992 Defence Planning Guidance spoke with confident clarity.

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