Maps and Featured Figures | p. x |
Preface | p. xi |
The American Approach to Foreign Policy | p. 1 |
Learning from Experience | p. 4 |
The Volatile State System | p. 6 |
The American National Style | p. 10 |
Self-Doubts and Revisionist Histories | p. 19 |
From World War to Cold War | p. 24 |
American Wartime Illusions | p. 25 |
The Russo-Soviet Approach to Foreign Policy | p. 29 |
Soviet Expansion after World War II | p. 33 |
Toward the Strategy of Containment | p. 38 |
Declaring Cold War: The Truman Doctrine | p. 48 |
Containment: From Theory to Practice | p. 52 |
New Economic and Military Structures | p. 54 |
Reviving the Western European Allies | p. 57 |
Confronting Revolution in East Asia | p. 68 |
Domestic Pressures for a Global Crusade | p. 79 |
Nuclear Strategy and the "Balance of Terror" | p. 82 |
Developing Countries in the Crossfire | p. 88 |
Obstacles to Political and Economic Development | p. 91 |
Clashing Models of Economic Development | p. 100 |
Regional Conflicts in Africa and the Middle East | p. 104 |
U.S. Policy toward Latin America | p. 109 |
Superpower Confrontation in Cuba | p. 113 |
Vietnam and the Cost of Containment | p. 122 |
Ejection of the French from Vietnam | p. 123 |
The 'Domino Theory' and U.S. Intervention | p. 126 |
The Perils of Incrementalism | p. 130 |
The Misconduct of Guerrilla Warfare | p. 133 |
Disengagement from Vietnam | p. 141 |
Congress versus the 'Imperial Presidency' | p. 145 |
The Era of Superpower Detente | p. 149 |
Managing the Superpower Rivalry | p. 152 |
Arms Control as the Centerpiece of Detente | p. 163 |
The Limitations of Detente | p. 166 |
Disillusionment with Detente | p. 172 |
Jimmy Carter and World-Order Politics | p. 175 |
Recognizing Global Interdependence | p. 177 |
A Focus on North-South Relations | p. 180 |
Carter's Middle East Breakthrough | p. 186 |
The Collapse of Carter's Foreign Policy | p. 191 |
Lessons of World-Order Politics | p. 198 |
The Revival of Superpower Confrontation | p. 201 |
Reagan's Rhetorical Offensive | p. 203 |
Expanding U.S. Military Forces | p. 205 |
'Rollback' in Developing Countries | p. 210 |
Alliance Politics in the Late Cold War | p. 221 |
From Confrontation to Conciliation | p. 228 |
The End of the Cold War | p. 232 |
Bush's Management of the Soviet Collapse | p. 233 |
Endgame: The Collapse of the Core | p. 247 |
Reasons for the Soviet Collapse: Contending Arguments | p. 252 |
A Final Appraisal | p. 259 |
America's 'Unipolar Moment' | p. 261 |
Great Expectations after the Cold War | p. 265 |
Revived Debates about America's World Role | p. 267 |
Clinton's Embrace of 'Geoeconomics' | p. 272 |
Promoting Democracy and Sustainable Development | p. 281 |
Domestic Challenges to Clinton's Foreign Policy | p. 285 |
Old Tensions in a New Order | p. 290 |
Sources of Global Fragmentation | p. 291 |
War and Peace in the Middle East | p. 293 |
The Plight of 'Failed States' | p. 305 |
Nuclear Brinkmanship in South Asia | p. 312 |
Lessons from the Regional Crises | p. 315 |
The Shifting European Landscape | p. 319 |
Western Europe: From Community to Union | p. 321 |
Jump-Starting Democracy in Eastern Europe | p. 325 |
NATO's Endurance after the Cold War | p. 328 |
'Ethnic Cleansing' in the Balkans | p. 331 |
U.S.-Russian Relations under Stress | p. 341 |
Into the Twenty-first Century | p. 350 |
Realism versus Moralism: The Current Debate | p. 353 |
The Globalization Backlash | p. 358 |
Unfinished Business after the Millennium | p. 365 |
Future Prospects for American Leadership | p. 374 |
U.S. Administrations since World War II | p. 377 |
Chronology of Significant Events | p. 378 |
Select Bibliography | p. 393 |
Select Web Sites | p. 406 |
Illustration Credits and Acknowledgments | p. 408 |
Index | p. 409 |
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