G. John Ikenberry is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University in the Department of Politics and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He is coeditor of three other books from Cornell University Press: End of the West?: Crisis and Change in the Atlantic Order, The State and American Foreign Economic Policy, and America Unrivaled: The Future of the Balance of Power. He is the author of Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American System and After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order after Major Wars (winner of the 2002 Schroeder-Jervis Award given by the American Political Science Association).

Reasons of State is a bold and provocative book rich in ideas and insights. The analysis and scholarship are detailed and careful. Ikenberry tells a fascinating story that should provoke and stimulate readers from several disciplines.(American Political Science Review)