Introduction : breaking the realist/idealist logjam
pt. I. The past is prologue. The revolution of 1989 and the restoration of history
Death of a heresy : the new Russian revolution
Who won the Cold War? How? So what?
Settling accounts : a post-communist political and moral reckoning
pt. II. The elements of strategy. Lessons from the fifty-five years' war : ideas, passions, and history
Beyond moralism and realpolitik : notes toward redefining "America's purpose"
The new colonialism, and other political incorrectness
Why the new isolationists are wrong
pt. III. The world and us - five issues. Just war after the Gulf War
"Humanitarian intervention" : history, strategy, and morality in the Bosnian crisis
Waiting for Augustine : Islam and the West
After the Twin Towers attack : terrorism in America
The new human-rights debate
Afterword : the responsible superpower.
