Contents // Acknowledgments ix // INTRODUCTION 1 // 1. THEORY, HISTORY, AND U.S. GRAND STRATEGY 15 // 2. WORLD WAR II AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN GLOBAL HEGEMONY 39 // 3. U.S. GRAND STRATEGY AND THE SOVIET UNION, // 1945~1953 51 // 4. THE OPEN DOOR AND AMERICAN HEGEMONY IN WESTERN EUROPE 71 // 5. THE CONTAINMENT OF EUROPE: AMERICAN HEGEMONY AND EUROPEAN RESPONSES 94 // 6. LIBERAL IDEOLOGY AND U.S. GRAND STRATEGY 118 // 7. THE END OF THE UNIPOLAR ERA 134 // 8. THE STRATEGY OF OFFSHORE BALANCING 159 // CONCLUSION // Notes 207 // Index 283 // VÜ