The superpower myth

by Nancy E. Soderberg

Foreword I Things fall apart 9 II Crossing the Rubicon 32 III Go as peacemakers 54 IV Force and diplomacy 76 V A realistic foreign policy? 101 VI A new breed of terrorists 129 VII The myth of invincibility 153 VIII Failure to be on a war footing 174 IX Iraq : a decade of deceit 199 X The Hegemons' failed peace 225 XI Are we really going to war? 251 XII The African intervention gap 276 XIII Winning the war on terrorism 302 XIV Lessons for the president 327 Notes Index