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- Introduction contents
- 1. Lincoln’s Shadow
- Waging War to Transform the World: Woodrow Wilson
- Freedom of Action: Franklin Roosevelt
- Staying the Course: Johnson and Nixon
- Th e Perils of Optimism: George W. Bush
- Inheriting a Bad Hand: Barack Obama
- C onclusion: Past and Future
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- Notes
- C onclusion: Past and Future
- Inheriting a Bad Hand: Barack Obama
- Th e Perils of Optimism: George W. Bush
- Waging War to Transform the World: Woodrow Wilson