How should America wield its enormous power beyond its borders? Should it adhere to grand principles or act on narrow self-interest? Should it partner with other nations or avoid entangling alliances? This book deals with these questions.

Acknowledgments vii Introduction: The Long American Century 1 1Motives of Expansion 7 2Imperial America: War with Spain and the Philippines 32 3Varieties of Empire 56 4The Rise and Fall of Wilsonianism 79 5Isolation and Intervention 107 6World War II 131 7The Beginning of the Cold War 157 8The Korean War and the Cold War of the 1950s 182 9The Nationalist Challenge 206 10Years of Crisis 231 11The Vietnam War 255 12The Era of Detente 281 13Escalating and Ending the Cold War 305 14Globalization after the Cold War 331 15The Age of Terror 354 Sources 379 Index 395

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