America's search for security : the triumph of idealism and the return of realism /
Kay, Sean,1967-author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The triumph of idealism and the return of realism -- The eagle rises -- The cold war -- Realism and the end of the cold war : from Vietnam to Reagan -- The liberal and neoconservative consensus -- The costs of imbalance : the Iraq and Afghan wars -- Realigning American power : the Asia pivot -- The politics of foreign and defense policy -- America's search for security in the twenty-first century.
National security
Political realism.