Mission Failure

In Mission Failure, Michael Mandelbaum examines the United States' post-Cold War foreign policy efforts to promote American values and institutions around the world. He discusses how, after the Cold War, U.S. military interventions expanded into humanitarian and nation-building missions that often fell short of their goals due to underlying local realities and complex ethnic, political, and historical factors. Mandelbaum provides an analysis of these efforts and their results, highlighting the contrast between noble American intentions and challenging global realities.