Table of Contents:
  • Preface: The shape of things to come
  • The seven deadly sins of Bush-Cheney
  • A twelve-step recovery program for American grand strategy
  • The American trajectory : of great men and great powers
  • The economic realignment : racing to the bottom of the pyramid
  • The diplomatic realignment : rebranding the team of rivals
  • The security realignment : rediscovering diplomacy, defense, and development
  • The network realignment : the rise of the sysadmin-industrial complex
  • The strategic realignment : resurrecting the progressive agenda
  • Coda: Future perfect tense.