Contemporary America: Power, Dependency, and Globalization since 1980

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

1 Losing Control: The United States in 1980.

2 Borrowing as a Way of Life: A Dependent Economy and a Fragmenting Society.

3 Strangers in the Land: Open Borders and American Identity.

4 Glad Morning Again: A Reagan Revolution?

5 Reviving and Winning the Cold War.

6 The Morning After: The Limitations of Conservatism.

7 Gentleman George, Culture Wars, and the Return of Malaise.

8 Groping for a New World Order.

9 The Era of Globalization.

10 Porous Borders and Global Warming.

11 The New Age of Bill Clinton.

12 Democracy for the World.

13 The Comeback Kid v. the Gringrich Who Stole Christmas.

14 Since 2001: Decade of Crises.

Notes.

Select Bibliography.

Index.