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

1 January 1996

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs

Vol. 38 (4) , 99-128
https://doi.org/10.2307/166260

Abstract

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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