CONTENTS

Foreword, by Lloyd Gardner

Introduction: History and the Transcendence of the Tragic

Chapter 1.Imperial Anticolonialism

I.THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE EXPANSIONIST OUTLOOK

II.THE CRISIS OF THE 1890S AND THE TURN TO IMPERIALISM

Chapter 2.The Imperialism of Idealism

Chapter 3.The Rising Tide of Revolution

Chapter 4.The Legend of Isolationism

I.A GREAT DEBATE OVER THE TACTICS OF EMPIRE

II.THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF BUSINESS

Chapter 5.The War for the American Frontier

Chapter 6.The Nightmare of Depression and the Vision of Omnipotence

I.ROOSEVELT AND STALIN CONFRONT THE DILEMMAS OF VICTORY

II.THE OPEN DOOR POLICY AND THE ONSET OF THE COLD WAR

III.A NEW VISION OF OMNIPOTENCE AND A MISREADING OF HISTORY PROMPT THE UNITED STATES TO OVERPLAY ITS HAND

IV. THE DIPLOMACY OF THE VICIOUS CIRCLE

Chapter 7.The Impotence of Nuclear Supremacy

Chapter 8.The Terrifying Momentum Toward Disaster

Conclusion:The Wisdom of an Open Door for Revolutions

Afterword:Tragedy Renewed, by Andrew J. Bacevich