Priorities and prospects. -- Imperial grand strategy. -- The new era of enlightenment. -- Dangerous times. -- The Iraq connection. -- Dilemmas of dominance. -- Cauldron of animosities. -- Terrorism and justice : Some useful truisms. -- A passing nightmare?. -- Afterword.

1. United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-
2. United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
3. Imperialism
4. United States -- Military policy
5. Unilateral acts (International law)
6. Intervention (International law)
7. State-sponsored terrorism
8. War on Terrorism
9. 2001-