Description: History records only one peaceful transition of hegemonic power: the passage from British to American dominance of the international order. To explain why this transition was nonviolent, Kori Schake explores nine points of crisis between Britain and the U.S., from the Monroe Doctrine to the unequal "special relationship" during World War II.
Brief description: Kori Schake is Deputy Director-General of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London.
Review Quotes: This is an important book that helps us understand what history tells us about the centrality of values in preserving a peaceful international order.--Condoleezza Rice, Stanford University