The myth of American idealism: how U.S. foreign policy endangers the world

Preface / y Nathan J. Robinson

Introduction: Noble goals and mafia logic

Part 1. The record: idealism in action. Disciplining the Global South

The war on Southeast Asia

9/11 and the wrecking of Afghanistan

Iraq : the crime of the century

The United Stats, Israel, and Palestine

The great China threat

NATO and Russia after the Cold War

Nuclear threats and climate catastrophe

Part 2. Understanding the power system. The domestic roots of foreign policy

International law and the "rules-based order"

How mythologies are manufactured

Conclusion: Hegemony or survival?