Joshua Baron is a researcher, lecturer, and consultant on international and interpersonal conflict. He advises groups on how to achieve and maintain healthy levels of conflict. His work has been published by, among others, Harvard Business Review, The Huffington Post, and International Studies Review.

• Introduction: Seasons of Darkness and Light 1. The Transformation of Great Power Politics 2. A Theory of Order: Explaining Change in International Politics 3. A Season of Light: The Balance of Power and the Westphalian Order 4. A Fifty Years' Crisis: The Collapse of the Westphalian Order and the Path to Total War 5. Dawn of a New Day: The Rise of the American Order 6. Getting MAD and Even: Nuclear Weapons, Bipolarity, and a New Kind of Rivalry 7. Balance of Power and Its Critics: The Limitations of Current Paradigms 8. Preserving Peace in the 21st Century: Thought and Action in a Newly-Ordered World Conclusion: The Need for Vigilance and Sacrifice ?

"Joshua Baron has a profound understanding of how power works and how to make it work better. In Great Power Peace and American Primacy, he advances prophetic, provocative, and worldly arguments about the future of political order, stability, and peace. This is top-notch work on a grand scale by a formidable and ingenious thinker." - Joseph M. Parent, University of Miami, USA