A new understanding of the post World War II era, showing what occurred when the British Empire wouldn't step aside for the rising American superpower-with global insights for today.
Derek Leebaert has taught foreign policy at Georgetown University since 1996, is a partner in the management consulting firm MAP AG, and is author, most recently, of To Dare and to Conquer: Special Operations and the Destiny of Nations from Achilles to Al Qaeda (2006) and The Fifty Year Wound: How America’s Cold War Victory Shapes Our World (2002).
