The post WWII USA military can be first examed in the conflict at Bosnia-Herzogovina war. "The Peace" in the years after 1990 is very differently defined and most Americans couldn't even find Bosnia on a map. These major paradigm shifts are not in history books, but, they should be as a way of understanding the role of the USA in the world.
Americans might reject this idea. But, at least they can understand the USA military and it's mission to find "A Peace" among the many threats.
Preface
The incredibly complex drama of war and edgy peace that unfolded inBosnia (click here), or Bosnia-Herzegovina, during the 1990s gave birth to a fascinating
and instructive series of military operations that constitute the subject of
this study. The nature of circumstances and missions in Bosnia poses a
variety of challenges to the historian. First, given their recent occurrence, it
is remarkably difficult to frame these events in historical perspective. This
is in part because many outcomes and consequences reside somewhere
in the future. The SFOR mission itself only came to a close late in 2004
as this work was going to press. Equally significant is the fact that vast
quantities of relevant documents remain classified. As a result, the chapters
that follow necessarily form a preliminary attempt to capture the most
important dynamics of the history yet unfolding in this unfortunate country.
An additional hurdle is the chaos that attended the Bosnian Civil War
and the nonlinear character of modern post-conflict operations, whether
they emphasize peacemaking, peacekeeping or peace enforcement. In
contrast to the story of most wars, peace operations in Bosnia did not
unfold in a progression of events that yield a seamless narrative. Rather,
the course of history in Bosnia was, and remains, a fitful affair. As the
final chapter observes, success in peace operations is hard to measure and
self-deception is a constant hazard. One critical aspect of this condition
was the ceaseless rotation of U.S. and other units through Bosnia. In some
respects, the mission began again with the arrival of each new commander,
division, brigade, and battalion....
