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In the second half of the twentieth century, the United States engaged in the most ambitious and far-reaching liberal order building the world had yet seen. This liberal international order has been one of the most successful in history in providing security and prosperity to more people. But in the last decade, the American-led order has been trou

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The end of the Cold War was a "big bang" reminiscent of earlier moments after major wars, such as the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and the end of the World Wars in 1919 and 1945. Here John Ikenberry asks the question, what do states that win wars do with their newfound power and how do they use it to build order In examining the postwar sett

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Was George W Bush the true heir of Woodrow Wilson, the architect of liberal internationalism And was the Iraq War a result of liberal ideas about America's right to promote democracy abroad This book considers America's position on the global stage and what future directions might be possible for the nation in the post-Bush era.