Contents Introduction: Framing the Question
1. Nineteenth-Century Foundations
2. Grand Projects, 1898-1920
3. The American Way in a Fragmenting World, 1921-1940
4. Reaching for Geopolitical Dominance, 1941-1968
5. In the American Image, 1941-1968
6. The Third-World Challenge, 1941-1968
7. Disoriented Giant, 1968-1991
8. The Neoliberal Triumph, 1991-
Conclusion: Hegemony in Question
Notes
A Guide to the Literature
Acknowledgments
Index