ALEX HYBEL is Susan Eckert Lynch Professor of Government in the Department of Government at Connecticut College.

'...a competent and useful overview of the place of the United States in the international system in the last two centuries.' - Political Science Quarterly

• Introduction: The United States and the Changing Nature of the International System The Rise of New International Giant The New Giant's First Major Blunder The Humbling of Democracy A New Kind of War Exuberance Hindered Audacious Titan Made by the U.S.A. Appendix: The Cold War Was Not a Matter of Culpability

ALEX HYBEL is Susan Eckert Lynch Professor of Government in the Department of Government at Connecticut College.

'...a competent and useful overview of the place of the United States in the international system in the last two centuries.' - Political Science Quarterly

• Introduction: The United States and the Changing Nature of the International System The Rise of New International Giant The New Giant's First Major Blunder The Humbling of Democracy A New Kind of War Exuberance Hindered Audacious Titan Made by the U.S.A. Appendix: The Cold War Was Not a Matter of Culpability