The Ideas That Conquered the World: Peace,

Takes a look ahead at the state of the world in the twenty-first century, arguing that peace among the superpowers, democracy, and free markets have no serious rivals as dominant ideas in the international arena.

Michael Mandelbaum is the Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy at the School of Advanced International Studies of The Johns Hopkins University, and is a senior fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a regular foreign affairs columnist for Newsday and the author or co-author of seven books on foreign policy

Acknowledgments

ix

Introduction

1

(16)

I THE COLD WAR AND ITS LEGACY

Wilson Victorious

17

(28)

The Cold War Reconsidered

45

(29)

A World of Sovereign States

74

(33)

II THE INVENTION OF PEACE

The Cure for Cancer

107

(37)

The Most Dangerous Place on the Planet

144

(38)

Post-Cold War Disorders

182

(18)

The Dragons' Lair

200

(41)

III THE LIBERAL THEORY OF HISTORY

The Democratic Peace

241

(36)

The Triumph of the Market

277

(28)

The Invisible Construction Site

305

(23)

The Global Utility

328

(25)

The Future of the International Economy

353

(24)

Conclusion

377

(26)

Notes

403

(82)

Index

485

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The Ideas That Conquered the World: Peace, Democracy, and Free Markets in the Twenty-First Century

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