Stephen P. Reyna is an associate of the Max Planck Institute of Social Anthropology in Halle/Salle and Honorary Professor at the University of Manchester’s Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute. He is the co-editor of the journal Anthropological Theory.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsGlossary IntroductionPART I: THEORYChapter 1. Global Warring Theory: A Critical Structural Realist ApproachChapter 2. Imperialism: ‘A Monster of Energy’PART II: PLAUSIBILITY 1: NEW AMERICAN EMPIREChapter 3. A Real Shape Shifter: American Empire 1783-1944Chapter 4. ‘Present at the Creation’: Constituting the New American Empire 1945-1950PART III: PLAUSIBILITY 2: CONTRADICTION AND REPRODUCTIONChapter 5. Burdens of Empire: Contradictions and Reproductive VulnerabilitiesPART IV: PLAUSIBILITY 3: GLOBAL WARRINGChapter 6. After the Sunset Came the Night: Global Warring, 1950-1974Chapter 7. ‘The Times They Are A-Changin’: Global Warring, 1975-1989Chapter 8. The Perfect Storm: A Tale of Two ElitesChapter 9. World Warring 1990-2014: The Middle Eastern TheaterChapter 10. World Warring 1990-2014: The Other TheatersChapter 11. Journey’s EndReferencesIndex

“This is an amazing book, a page-turner, a true game-changer, one of those grand oeuvres that an academic discipline produces once a decade at best.” • Patrick Neveling, Cultural Anthropology, Utrecht University“This book is certainly a tour de force … it [offers] a fresh theoretical approach that is rigorously tested in terms of evidence and against alternative interpretations … a profoundly critical work.” • John Gledhill, Social Anthropology, University of Manchester