Introduction: Temptations of Power
PART 1: GRAPPLING WITH THE NEW WORLD: CONCEPTS AND REALITIES
September 11 2001 and its Aftermath
Concepts and Realities
Concepts in International Relations
Realities in International Relations
The Security Debate
Limited Sovereignty
International Intervention
The Old and New Security Dilemmas
PART 2: IDEOLOGIES, IDEAS AND SLOGANS IN GEORGE W. BUSH'S FOREIGN POLICY
A Clash of Civilizations
America as Empire
The Neo-conservatives
From Commentators and Analysts to George W. Bush
PART 3: THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE IN THE WORLD
From Victim to Pariah
The Temptation of Iraq
The Anti-Iraq Coalition, 2003
Why Europeans often Disagreed with the United States
The Growth of US Military Power
The End of the Balance of Power?
The United States' Unipolar Moment
PART 4: NEW CHALLENGES TO US HEGEMONY: CHINA AND THE MUSLIM WORLD
The Challenge from China
The Muslim Challenge
PART 5: MILITARY POWER AND DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION
The Uses and Abuses of Military Power
Military Power and Democracy
Coalition-building or Unilateral Action?
The Importance of Restraint
PART 6: THE TEMPTATION OF PREVENTIVE WAR
Modern Precedents for Pre-emptive and Preventive Wars
Israel's Preventive War Precedents in the Middle East
The United States Creeps towards Pre-emptive and Preventive Strategies
The US Decision to Launch Precentive War
Fire Discipline
Precision Attacks
Preventive War and the 'Axis of Evil'
Advantages and Disadvantages of Preventive War
PART 7: MISUNDERSTANDING TERRORISM: THE SWORD
The New Face of Conflict
Terrorism as a Concept
New and Old Terrorism
Al-Qaeda, Affiliates, Regional Jihadists and Copycats
Anti-terrorist Strategies
Bush's Moment: War without Purpose
PART 8: HOMELAND (IN) SECURITY: THE SHIELD
Civil Liberties
The Patriot Act
Enemy Combatants
Prison Abuses
Justice or Security?
The Department of Homeland Security
Border Controls
The Intelligence Agencies
Nuclear Terrorism
Financial Costs
Homeland Securites
Security or Insecurity?
PART 9: CREATING QUAGMIRES: WINNING WARS AND LOSING THE PEACE
Context and War in Afghanistan
Context and War in Iraq
Justifications and Denunciations of the Wars
Consequences of the Wars
Afghanistan since the War
Iraq since the War
Constitutional Developments in Iraq
Staying Power and Counter-insurgency
Ending Insurgencies
Quagmires
PART 10: THE BURDENS OF POWER.