A brief history of U.S. direct military intervention
Preconditions favoring the success of military intervention in the post-Cold War era : a typology
Operation Just Cause : the invasion of Panama
Operation Desert Storm : Iraq and the liberation of Kuwait
Operation Restore Hope : humanitarian relief in Somalia
Operation Allied Force : the air war in Kosovo
Evaluating the interventionist typology
Epilogue : the "Somalia Syndrome" and the War on Terror.