Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-240) and index.
Foreword / by Kenneth M. Jensen -- pt. I, Peaceful engagement, containment, and armed intervention. Peaceful engagement and diplomacy ; Containment of adversaries ; Armed intervention and warfare -- pt. II, Foreign policy in the American experience. Institutionalized practices : the moralism of American exceptionalism ; Intervention and expansionism -- pt. III, Theoretical reflections and practical expectations. Elite understandings of power ; Politics on the Potomac ; Presidential power.