Thomas J. McCormick is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His Books include China Market.

• ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgments1. The Analytic Framework: The World-System, Hegemony and Domestic Power2. Seeking Supremacy: The Historical Origins of American Hegemony, 1895-19453. Cold War on Mary Fronts, 1945-19464. The Crisis of the New Order, 1947-19505. Militarization and Third World Integration, 1950-19566. Hegemony at High Tide, 1957-19677. Dissent, Detente, and Decline, 1968-19768. The Carter Cold War, 1977-19809. The Reagan Cold War and the Future of HedemonyBibliographical EssayIndex

Praise for the first edition: "Incisive, eminently readable ...McCormick reminds his readers of the unfashionable truths of our time: American domination of the postwar order, the weakness and conservatism of the Soviet Union, the gratuitousness of the nuclear arms race."--'Nation.' "Original, bold, provocative, important."--Robert J. McMahon, 'Reviews in American History'

Thomas J. McCormick is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His Books include China Market.

• ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgments1. The Analytic Framework: The World-System, Hegemony and Domestic Power2. Seeking Supremacy: The Historical Origins of American Hegemony, 1895-19453. Cold War on Mary Fronts, 1945-19464. The Crisis of the New Order, 1947-19505. Militarization and Third World Integration, 1950-19566. Hegemony at High Tide, 1957-19677. Dissent, Detente, and Decline, 1968-19768. The Carter Cold War, 1977-19809. The Reagan Cold War and the Future of HedemonyBibliographical EssayIndex

Praise for the first edition: "Incisive, eminently readable ...McCormick reminds his readers of the unfashionable truths of our time: American domination of the postwar order, the weakness and conservatism of the Soviet Union, the gratuitousness of the nuclear arms race."--'Nation.' "Original, bold, provocative, important."--Robert J. McMahon, 'Reviews in American History'

Thomas J. McCormick is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His Books include China Market.

• ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgments1. The Analytic Framework: The World-System, Hegemony and Domestic Power2. Seeking Supremacy: The Historical Origins of American Hegemony, 1895-19453. Cold War on Mary Fronts, 1945-19464. The Crisis of the New Order, 1947-19505. Militarization and Third World Integration, 1950-19566. Hegemony at High Tide, 1957-19677. Dissent, Detente, and Decline, 1968-19768. The Carter Cold War, 1977-19809. The Reagan Cold War and the Future of HedemonyBibliographical EssayIndex

Praise for the first edition: "Incisive, eminently readable ...McCormick reminds his readers of the unfashionable truths of our time: American domination of the postwar order, the weakness and conservatism of the Soviet Union, the gratuitousness of the nuclear arms race."--'Nation.' "Original, bold, provocative, important."--Robert J. McMahon, 'Reviews in American History'