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| Preface | |
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| Maps | |
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| North America circa 1800 | |
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| Westward Expansion of the United States, 1800-1853 | |
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| America's Foreign Policy: Product, Process, and Purpose | |
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| Foreign Policy as Product: A U.S. Approach | |
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| Foreign Policy as Process: Getting Organized | |
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| Realism and Idealism in American Foreign Policy | |
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| The Limits of American Power | |
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| Power Politics and the Pursuit of Principles after September 11 | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Ideals and Self Interest: The American Way | |
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| The Founders and Foreign Policy | |
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| Young America, Old World | |
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| Europe, Keep Out! | |
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| American Wars | |
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| From Isolationism to Hegemony | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Hegemony and Insolvency: The Burdens of a Great Power | |
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| The Concept of Solvency | |
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| Latin America: Big Stick Diplomacy | |
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| The New Frontier: Opening Doors in Asia | |
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| World War I: Replacing the Old Order | |
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| Wilson's New World Order | |
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| Losing the Peace: The Tragedy of Versailles | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Between Wars: Collective Security and Delusions of Peace | |
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| Collective Insecurity (1919-1935) | |
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| Back to the Future (1936-1941) | |
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| The Failed Search for Solvency | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Cold War: Containment and Deterrence | |
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| The End of Isolationism | |
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| The Arsenal of Democracy: An Emerging Superpower | |
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| Containment: Big Idea, Big Price Tag | |
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| Containment Goes to War: Korea | |
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| Containment and Deterrence | |
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| The Nifty Fifties: Calm before the Storm | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Intervention against Communism: From Kennedy to Reagan | |
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| Foreign Policy on Hold (1964-1971) | |
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| When Democracy Is Bad for America: Chile | |
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| Detente and Decline (1972-1980) | |
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| The Limits of Idealism: The Carter Legacy | |
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| Bouncing Back: The Reagan Presidency (1981-1989) | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Democracy and Anarchy: America in the New World Order | |
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| Policy without Vision (1989-1993) | |
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| The Gulf War (1990-1991) | |
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| The New Interventionism | |
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| Reinventing Foreign Policy (1993-1997) | |
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| The Neoconservative Challenge | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| From Intervention to Preemption: America's New Crusade | |
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| Russia: Neither Enemy nor Partner | |
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| Reinventing NATO | |
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| Terrorism: Mischief or Mortal Threat? | |
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| Will the Real George W. Bush Please Stand? | |
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| An Act of War: September 11, 2001 | |
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| America's New Crusade in Historical Perspective | |
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| From Clinton to Bush: A Study in Contrasts | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Power, Principles, and War: The Limits of Foreign Policy | |
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| The Meaning of September 11, 2001 | |
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| Doctrines versus Principles | |
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| Empires and Blowback | |
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| The Deadly "Game" of War | |
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| War and the Economy | |
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| Back to the Future | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |