"By the end of the Clinton administration it was clear that U. S. foreign policy had no overarching framework as it did during the Cold War. Rather, each of the two immediate post-Cold War presidents,
George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton, was unsure how to address the emergence of ethnic conflicts and
civil wars and the humanitarian and human rights crises that accompany them. The result was the
emergence of policies that were inconsistent and often opaque...
"From the start of the Cold War, American presidents based U. S. foreign policy on fighting that war
with the hope of winning." The Cold War provided a framework and clear guidelines for foreign
and military policy. In the post-Cold War period, U. S. foreign policy has been guided largely by the
need to respond to the most pressing crisis or conflict."
Joyce P. Kaufman, political scientist, A Concise History of US. Foreign Policy, published in 2006
Using the excerpt, answer ab. c.
a Briefly describe ONE argument made in the excerpt.
b. Briefly explain ONE cause of the historical development discussed in the excerpt.
C. Briefly explain ONE limitation of Kaufman's argument made in the excerpt.