Dying by the Sword: The Militarization of US Foreign Policy

Dying by the Sword by Mon­i­ca Duffy Toft and Sidi­ta Kushi traces U.S. for­eign pol­i­cy from the Found­ing era to today, warn­ing of America’s grow­ing depen­dence on mil­i­tary force. Since the Cold War—especially post‑9/11—the U.S. has launched more inter­ven­tions with­out clear strat­e­gy, pur­su­ing a reac­tive “whack-a-mole” secu­ri­ty approach dri­ven by force over diplo­ma­cy.