Chaos and Violence

Stanley Hoffmann (1928–2015) was the Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser Professor Emeritus at Harvard University. His books include World Disorders (Rowman & Littlefield, 1998), Gulliver Unbound (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004), and Chaos and Violence (Rowman & Littlefield 2006).

Stanley Hoffmann is the premier essayist of American foreign policy and world politics. This collection offers a kaleidoscope of penetrating and brilliant insights that reveal a rare intellect. On every page Hoffmann's light-footed eclecticism gets the better of heavy-handed fundamentalism.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: The State of the World and the State of the DisciplineChapter 2: A View of the WorldChapter 3: Lost IllusionsChapter 4: Thoughts on Fear in Global SocietyChapter 5: World Governance: Beyond UtopiaChapter 6: Peace and JusticeChapter 7: The Debate about InterventionChapter 8: Intervention: Should It Go On, Can It Go On?Chapter 9: Intervention and Human RightsChapter 10: The U.S. and Collective SecurityChapter 11: The U.S. and International Organizations: The Clinton YearsChapter 12: American Exceptionalism: The New VersionChapter 13: Why Don't They Like Us?Chapter 14: After 9/11/2001: The Pitfalls of WarChapter 15: Iraq: Instead of WarChapter 16: France, the United States, and IraqChapter 17: Out of IraqChapter 18: U.S.-European RelationshipsChapter 19: European Sisyphus