Renowned for his compassionate and balanced thinking on international affairs, Stanley Hoffmann reflects here on the proper place of the United States in a world it has defined almost exclusively by 9/11, the war on terrorism, and the invasion of Iraq. A true global citizen, Hoffmann offers an analysis that is uniquely informed by his place as a public intellectual with one foot in Europe, the other in America. In this brilliant collection of essays, many previously unpublished, he considers the ethics of intervention, the morality of human rights, how to repair our relationship with Europe, and the pitfalls of American unilateralism.

Chapter 1: Introduction: The State of the World and the State of the Discipline
Chapter 2: A View of the World
Chapter 3: Lost Illusions
Chapter 4: Thoughts on Fear in Global Society
Chapter 5: World Governance: Beyond Utopia
Chapter 6: Peace and Justice
Chapter 7: The Debate about Intervention
Chapter 8: Intervention: Should It Go On, Can It Go On?
Chapter 9: Intervention and Human Rights
Chapter 10: The U.S. and Collective Security
Chapter 11: The U.S. and International Organizations: The Clinton Years
Chapter 12: American Exceptionalism: The New Version
Chapter 13: Why Don't They Like Us?
Chapter 14: After 9/11/2001: The Pitfalls of War
Chapter 15: Iraq: Instead of War
Chapter 16: France, the United States, and Iraq
Chapter 17: Out of Iraq
Chapter 18: U.S.-European Relationships
Chapter 19: European Sisyphus

Stanley Hoffmann (1928-2015) was the Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser Professor Emeritus at Harvard University. His books include World Disorders (Rowman & Littlefield, 1998), Gulliver Unbound (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004), and Chaos and Violence (Rowman & Littlefield 2006).