s, such as in Vietnam, poor results followed. Henry Kissinger said in 1968 that "no country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment in time" (Gaddis 279).
Another facet of grand strategy is the necessity for choice between symmetrical and asymmetrical strategies. Gaddis says that "asymmetry recognizes the necessity of reality of limited resources . . . one must distinguish rationally . . . between peripheral and vital interests, tolerable and intolerable threats, feasible and unfeasible responses" (353).
New Strategic Environment of the 1990s and Beyond
In the post-Cold War environment the international order has become multi-polar rather than bi-polar. In the immediate flush of triumph after the end of the Cold War, some American leaders envisaged a New World Order in which America would be the only and dominant superpower. It rather quickly became evident, however, that the special circumstances which had enabled the United States to put together
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