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AT THE END OF THE COLD WAR, THE U.S. MILITARY WAS LEFT without the clear purpose that had dominated its existence over the past half century. The emerging international environment was one of rapid change and complex interdependence. The military found itself engaged in more peacekeeping and humanitarian missions than ever before. Among the greatest pressures on the military to change were the shifting acceptance of human rights as a dominant principle of international action and the attendant engagement in an unprecedented tempo of operations without the clear national interest that traditional military campaigns had exhibited. The following sections will consider first the international regimes supporting individual rights and intervention and second, the significance of the 1990s peacekeeping missions to the U.S. armed forces.
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Morgan, M.J. (2008). The Changing International Scene. In: The American Military After 9/11. The Day that Changed Everything?. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230610156_8
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