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This chapter seeks to explain the continuing US commitment to NATO in the post-Cold War era by researching in depth the operation in Libya. To be specific, this chapter discusses in detail why the USA hesitated to intervene in Libya at the very beginning and why the USA eventually decided to participate in the Libyan mission, but in a way of “leading from behind.” It also addresses the so-called “Libyan model” that reflects on not only the redefinition of the “American way of war,” but also the future of NATO. In addition to secondary sources, the analysis on US policy-making in the case of Libya also draws on interviews with both government officials and academic experts, which have been conducted in Washington, DC, in 2012.
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Song, Y. (2016). Libya: The US Policy-Making Process. In: The US Commitment to NATO in the Post-Cold War Period . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33548-3_8
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