Steven W. Hook (1959-2022) was professor of political science at Kent State University. In addition to this book, he was co-author of American Foreign Policy Since World War II (CQ Press, 2019, 21st ed., with John Spanier) and author of National Interest and Foreign Aid (Lynne Rienner, 1995). His edited books include U.S. Foreign Policy Today: American Renewal? (CQ Press, 2012, with James M. Scott), the Routledge Handbook of American Foreign Policy (Routledge Press, 2012, with Christopher M. Jones), and Democratic Peace in Theory and Practice (Kent State University Press, 2010). His journal articles have appeared in World Politics, International Studies Quarterly, Asian Survey, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Interactions, and other leading journals. Professor Hook received a BA (1982) in Journalism and Political Science from the University of Michigan and an MA (1990) and PhD (1993) in International Studies from the University of South Carolina. At Kent State, he received the university’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2007 and served as department chair from 2008 to 2012. He was a past president of the Foreign Policy Analysis sections of the American Political Science Association and the International Studies Association. John Spanier received his PhD from Yale University. Since joining the faculty of the University of Florida in 1957, Spanier has lectured at the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Service Institute, the Naval War College, military service academies, and several universities. Among his many other books is Games Nations Play.

• PrefaceChapter 1 The American Approach to Foreign PolicyLearning from ExperienceThe Roots of American PrimacyDestiny and Moral MissionA Skeptical View of Power PoliticsU.S. Exceptionalism and ExceptionsPart I: The Cold WarChapter 2 From World War to Cold WarAmerican Wartime IllusionsThe Russo-Soviet Approach to Foreign PolicySoviet Expansion after World War IIThe Strategy of ContainmentDeclaring Cold War: The Truman DoctrineChapter 3 Containment: From Theory to PracticeNew Economic and Military StructuresReviving the Western European AlliesConfronting Revolution in East AsiaDomestic Pressures for a Global CrusadeEisenhower’s “New Look” in Foreign PolicyChapter 4 North-South Tensions and the Vietnam WarDeveloping Countries in the CrossfireRegional Conflicts in Latin AmericaVietnam: The Limits of ContainmentChapter 5 Détente and World-Order PoliticsManaging the Superpower RivalryCarter’s Quest for World OrderWar and Peace in the Middle EastBlowback and the Soviet Power PlayChapter 6 Breakthroughs in the Superpower StruggleReagan’s Rhetorical OffensiveExpanding U.S. Military Forces“Rollback” in Developing CountriesAlliance Politics in the Late Cold WarFrom Confrontation to ConciliationChapter 7 The End of the Cold WarBush’s Management of the Soviet CollapseEndgame: The Collapse of the CoreReasons for the Soviet CollapseA Final AppraisalPart II: The New World “Disorder”Chapter 8 Old Tensions in a New OrderGreat Expectations after the Cold WarClinton’s Embrace of “Geoeconomics”Sources of Global FragmentationWar and Peace in the Middle EastThe Plight of “Failed States”Lessons from the Regional CrisesChapter 9 The Shifting European LandscapeWestern Europe: From Community to UnionJump-Starting Democracy in Eastern EuropeNATO’s Search for a New Mission“Ethnic Cleansing” in the BalkansU.S.-Russian Relations under StressChapter 10 America under FireStrains in the Unipolar OrderThe Growing Threat of “Sacred Terror”Terror in the Morning SkyElements of CounterterrorismA Grand Strategy of Primacy and PreemptionChapter 11 Hot Wars in Afghanistan and IraqThe Afghanistan CampaignRenewed Hostilities against IraqFlashbacks to VietnamChapter 12 Aftershocks of the Arab SpringObama’s Call for RenewalMass Demands for DemocracyIraq’s Collapse and the ISIS ChallengeThe Afghan MuddleChapter 13 The Revival of Power PoliticsCold War II with RussiaThe Powers and their CalculationsChina’s Pacific ChallengeIsrael’s Shadow in the Middle EastOngoing Threats of Nuclear ProliferationChapter 14 The End of the American Century?Internal Threats to DemocracyTrump and TurmoilRethinking American PowerAppendixes

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