America, war and power : defining the state, 1775-2005 / edited by Lawrence Sondhaus and A. James Fuller.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : perspectives on American power and empire / A. James Fuller -- Defining a new empire : the new power takes shape, 1775-1815 / Jeremy Black -- The United States as rogue state : gunboat persuasion, citizen marauders, and the limits of antebellum American imperialism / Robert E. May -- Billy Yank and Johnny Reb take on the world : Civil War veterans' views of war, liberty, and empire / Carol Reardon -- Defining Eisenhower's America : war, power, and race relations, 1941-1961 / Edward O. Frantz -- Cold War perceptions and the American experience of war / R. William Ayres -- From Vietnam to Iraq : the first television war and its legacies / Chester Pach -- Global war and the foundations of US systemic leadership / William R. Thompson -- Domestic challenges to American hegemony / Steven W. Hook -- Soft power, hard power, and the Pax Americana / Lawrence Sondhaus.