The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International RealitiesJohn MearsheimerYale University Press, 2018, 328 pp., $30 The Hell of Good Intentions: America’s Foreign Policy Elite and the Decline of U.S. PrimacyStephen WaltFarrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2018, 400 pp., $28 Republic in Peril: American Empire and the Liberal TraditionDavid C. HendricksonOxford University Press, 2017, 304 pp., $34.95 Restraint: A New Foundation for U.S. Grand StrategyBarry R. PosenCornell University Press, 2014, 256 pp., $29.95
Hegemony is a funny kind of word. Its dictionary definition includes “leadership”—with that term’s neutral or benign connotations—but also the more fraught notion of “dominance.” Its usage in sociology and …read more
Source: The American Interest