The Retrenchment Syndrome.

The author discusses political issues surrounding the U.S. foreign policy, in response to the article "Come Home, America?," published in the March/April 2020 issue of "Foreign Affairs" journal. Topics explored include the military intervention strategy of the U.S. following the Vietnam War, the possibility that military retrenchment may help reduce costs of overseas military operations in addition to improving national security, and the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Afghanistan.