Deals with the major strategic issues confronting the US in the post- Cold War era, with an emphasis on the future role of aerospace power, and outlines current political and economic trends as factors in a US grand strategy for the new era. Assesses geopolitical trends in various regions of the world and discusses alternative strategies and their implications for global stability and the preservation of the current US position of preeminence. Of interest to readers in politics, economy, political science, and military studies. No index. c. Book News Inc.

Previous ed.: 1992.

Part 1Politics, 1980-1991 ; -- 1. Political debate, 1980-1986 ; -- 2. The gathering storm, 1987-1989 ; -- 3. Brotherhood and disunity, 1989-1991 -- Part 2 Culture and society ; -- 4. The press ; -- 5. Rock music ; -- 6. Women and men -- Part 3 Religion, up to 1991 -- 7. The Catholic Church ; -- 8. The Serbian Orthodox church ; -- 9. Islam -- Part 4 Dissolution and ethnic war ; -- 10 Serbia and Croatia at war again ; -- 11. On their own : Slovenia and Macedonia since 1991 ; -- 12. The struggle for Bosnia ; -- 13. Repercussions of the war in religion, gender relations, and culture.