America's Fatal Leap

“Probably the foremost expert on the history of international politics in the world”
—Lothar Höbelt, International History Review

“[An] essential starting [point] for those wishing to understand and critique American foreign policy today … Armed with a historical perspective, Schroeder was one of the most perceptive critics of Bush’s war on terror.”
—Daniel Geary, Irish Times

“In America’s Fatal Leap, one of the world’s greatest international historians brings his unmatched historical and conceptual perspectives on European diplomacy to a critical examination of American foreign policy in the last quarter century. This brilliant and provocative set of essays is essential reading for all who think seriously about the United States and the world.”
—Jack S. Levy, Board of Governors Professor, Rutgers University

“Few might know that the late Paul Schroeder, one of the authentically great diplomatic historians of the last half century, was an inveterate critic of US foreign policy after 1989. This absorbing compilation of his writings on America’s wars from a conservative perspective deserves rereading from all perspectives.”
—Samuel Moyn, author of Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War

“In these sparkling essays, Paul Schroeder, the great historian of European diplomacy, gives a riveting critique of the means and objectives of American foreign policy in the unipolar era. A superb compendium.”
—David Hendrickson, author of Republic in Peril: American Empire and the Liberal Tradition

“An unlikely, but unwavering, critic of his country’s imperial efforts after the Cold War.”
—Mathias Fuelling, Jacobin

“Few works provide as perceptive a guide to the past 25 years … reflects the brilliance [of these essays], the breadth of their historical grounding, and Schroeder’s ability to strike directly at the heart of misguided policy with blistering clarity.”
—Jessica T. Mathews, Foreign Affairs

“Draws upon wide and deep historical knowledge… The most personal, and moving, feature is the evolution of Schroeder’s feelings about his own country and its relationship to the international system.”
—John A. Thompson, International Security Studies Forum