Apology and contrition in international relations -- United States relations with enemy nations : setting a context -- The United States and war in Vietnam -- Counter-revolution in Nicaragua -- The 2003 Iraq invasion and the War on Terror -- How and why contrition matters

1. United States -- Foreign relations -- Moral and ethical aspects
2. United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
3. United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
4. Apologizing -- Political aspects -- United States
5. Vietnam War
6. 1961-1975
7. Nicaragua -- History -- 1979-1990
8. Iraq War
9. 2003-2011