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Military dominance

 

The United States has no military equal anywhere in the world. Its technological superiority gives it an extraordinary global reach.

But has this pre-eminence encouraged the Bush Administration to rely too heavily upon military muscle to bring influence to bear in the world?

Jonathan Marcus travels to Washington, Missouri and Louisiana to look at how the US armed forces are changing to reflect their new role and confront new challenges.

He asks how far purely military remedies are of use in an ever more complex world.

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