Steven Rosefielde is Professor of Economics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Adjunct Professor of Defense and Strategic Studies, Center for Defense and Strategic Studies, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield. The author or editor of eleven books on Russia and the Soviet Union, including Russia in the 21st Century (Cambridge University Press, 2005), he is also a member of the Russian Academy of Natural Science. Professor Rosefielde has served as a consultant to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and advised several directors of the US Central Intelligence Agency and the US National Intelligence Council. Professor Rosefielde has also worked with the Swedish Defense Agency and the Central Economics and Mathematics Institute (Moscow) for more than a quarter century and with the Center for Defense and Foreign Policy (Moscow) for more than a decade.
Part I. National Security in the New Age: 1. A world wounded
2. Long-term economic realism
Part II. American Public Culture and the World: 3. 'Smooth comforts false' - the illusions that confuse us
4. Towers of illusion: dysfunctional behaviors
5. Mythomaniacs: the sources of our illusions
Part III. American Public Culture and Ourselves: 6. Champions of freedom or imperialists: how we're perceived
7. We're different now
Part IV. The Reconfiguration of National Wealth and Power: 8. The economic roots of American power
9. Economic disparities amongst nations
10. Geopolitical aspirations of the nations
Part V. Vortexes of Danger: 11. A Witch's brew of troubles: the next big wars
12. The Middle East
Part VI. The American Response: 13. Strategic independence: an ounce of prevention
14. America as mature superpower
Part VII. Leading Toward Peace: 15. The dangers of overreach
16. The transatlantic trap
17. The middle course
Part VIII. American Presidential Leadership: 18. How public culture inhibits presidential leadership
19. Choosing a great president
20. Masters of illusions
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