Woodrow Wilson, R.I.P.

The folly of humanitarian military intervention

Ted Galen Carpenter from the November 2001 issue

Wilson's Ghost: Reducing the Risk of Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Century, by Robert S. McNamara and James G. Blight, New York: Public Affairs, 288 pages, $24

Waging Modern War: Bosnia, Kosovo, and the Future of Combat, by Gen. Wesley K. Clark, New York: Public Affairs, 512 pages, $30