Say the Soviet Union and its satellites reform to some degree in the 70s and 80s and remain a stable and reliable rival (at least on paper) against the United States on the world stage. How would this effect the development of neoconservative thought in America?
It's been said before that the end of the Cold War marked a decline in support for direct, confrontational interventionism in America (exemplified in the Invasion of Grenada). Whilst indirect 'nation building' had been flirted with by the Clinton administration (shown in his diplomatic efforts in the former Second and Third Worlds), unilateral action to ostensibly support liberal democracy did not come back into vogue until Iraq and the War on Terror.
Now obviously the route a continued Cold War would take is up for debate (particularly ahistorical proxy wars, coups, and interventions); it is the general trend of neoconservatism that is of interest. Could it have potentially fallen out of vogue, or could we potentially see the rise of 'small interventions' like Grenada on a worldwide scale? Depending on whether the USSR (or even China) is hardline or not, would it even be likely that another Vietnam-esque kerfuffle could break out?
It's been said before that the end of the Cold War marked a decline in support for direct, confrontational interventionism in America (exemplified in the Invasion of Grenada). Whilst indirect 'nation building' had been flirted with by the Clinton administration (shown in his diplomatic efforts in the former Second and Third Worlds), unilateral action to ostensibly support liberal democracy did not come back into vogue until Iraq and the War on Terror.
Now obviously the route a continued Cold War would take is up for debate (particularly ahistorical proxy wars, coups, and interventions); it is the general trend of neoconservatism that is of interest. Could it have potentially fallen out of vogue, or could we potentially see the rise of 'small interventions' like Grenada on a worldwide scale? Depending on whether the USSR (or even China) is hardline or not, would it even be likely that another Vietnam-esque kerfuffle could break out?
