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CONTENTS Volume II, No. 3 From the Editor . . .   American "Diplomacy": Ambassadors, Senators, and the System . . . and the Publisher Signs of Intelligent Life Out There! [Click here to read Lycos review]       Current Articles   Article Abstracts Sources of American Conduct in the Post-Cold War World by Vincent Davis "Americans do not personally like to fight in wars, especially and most particularly in ground forces." The El Salvador Accords: A Model for Peace Keeping Actions by James L. Roush "The scope of the Accords and the actions taken to implement them provide useful guidelines for those who would help other war-torn societies rebuild." "Americanism" and Strategic Security: The Pacific Basin, 1943-1947 by Hal M. Friedman "Information about the 'American way of life' ... was seen as a strategic security tool in its own right."

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