Table of Contents

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 The Setting: "Liberty Enlightening the World"

2 Roots: "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness"

3 Expanse: "From Sea to Shining Sea"

4 Emergence: "The Empire of Liberty"

5 The American Century: "My Country, Right or Wrong"

6 Transformation: "An Iron Curtain has Descended Across the Continent"

7 Revolution: "Wars of National Liberation"

8 Homefront: "All Politics are Local"

9 Superpower: "The End of History"

10 New World Disorder: "It's the Economy, Stupid"

11 Transitions: "With Liberty and Justice for All"

12 World Orders: "Making the World Safe for Democracy"

13 Conclusions

Epilogue: Books on the Subject

About the Author

Index

About the Author

John J. Tierney, Jr. is professor at The Institute of World Politics, Washington, D.C. USA. He has spent eighteen years in government, including the US Congress and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. He is the author of Chasing Ghosts: Unconventional Warfare in American History.

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America would not be true to itself if it did not insist on the universal applicability of the idea of liberty." -Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy