Robert J. Lieber - Indispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in a Turbulent World

In thinking about this subject and in the writing of this book I have profited from the insights, arguments, agreements, and disagreements provided by friends and academic and professional colleagues. It is a pleasure to acknowledge them here. They include Bob Barylski, Russell Berman, Douglas Besharov, Robert Burkett, Benjamin J. Cohen, Sally Cowal, Ivo Daalder, Ann-Sofie Dahl, Donald Downs, Colin Dueck, Desha Girard, James Goldgeier, Louis Goodman, Jeffrey Herf, Bruce Hoffman, Dan Hopkins, Lise Howard, Robert Hunter, Arie Kacowicz, Matthew Kroenig, Keir Lieber, Nancy Lieber, Charles Lipson, Tim Lynch, Michael Mandelbaum, Peter Mansoor, H. R. McMaster, Benny Morris, Musallam A. Musallam, Henry Nau, Ronald Radosh, Dan Schueftan, Robert Silverman, Kiron Skinner, Angela Stent, Ruth Weisberg, and the two anonymous reviewers for Yale University Press. It should go without sayingbut Ill say it anywaythat not all of those cited above will agree with my arguments in this book.

I have gained from the opportunity to present my work in seminars, debates, and lectures to scholarly and public audiences at home and abroad. Among these, in addition to Georgetown University, are Arizona State University, the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, Miami University of Ohio, Ohio State University, the University of Southern California, Southern Methodist University, the College of William and Mary, Tokyo University, and Melbourne University. I have also had the opportunity to present conference papers foreshadowing the ideas in this book at the Universit Laval Montral Workshop on U.S. Allies and Power Transition in Montreal, Canada, and at annual meetings of the American Political Science Association, the Midwest Political Science Association, and the International Studies Association as well as at the International Political Science Association World Congress in Brisbane, Australia, the Baltimore Council on World Affairs, and the Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning.