The cycles of American history

Foreword

Acknowledgments

I. The theory of America : experiment or destiny?

The cycles of American politics

II. Foreign policy and the American character

National interests and moral absolutes

Human rights and the American tradition

The Solzhenitsyn challenge

America and empire

Why the Cold War?

III. Affirmative government and the American economy

The short happy life of American political parties

After the imperial presidency -The future of the Vice Presidency

Vicissitudes of presidential reputations

Democracy and leadership

Notes

Index.