Preble explores the aims, costs, and limitations of the use of America's military power abroad.

Introduction

1. The U.S. Military-Dominant, but Not Omnipotent

2. Tallying the Costs of Our Military Power

3. It Costs Too Much

4. We Use It Too Much

5. The Hegemon's Dilemma

6. Curing the Power Problem

ConclusionNotes
Index

Christopher A. Preble is Director of Foreign Policy Studies at the Cato Institute and a former commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy. He is the author of John F. Kennedy and the Missile Gap and Exiting Iraq: Why the U.S. Must End the Military Occupation and Renew the War against Al Qaeda.