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New Rules for U.S. Military Intervention
Course Correction

New Rules for U.S. Military Intervention

Christopher Preble
Primed Against Primacy: The Restraint Constituency and U.S. Foreign Policy

Primed Against Primacy: The Restraint Constituency and U.S. Foreign Policy

September 15, 2016
Trevor Thrall
Restrained Strategy, Lower Military Budgets

Restrained Strategy, Lower Military Budgets

September 7, 2016
Benjamin H. Friedman
No More of the Same: The Problem with Primacy

No More of the Same: The Problem with Primacy

August 31, 2016
Christopher Preble and William Ruger

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