Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-262) and index.
Introduction: the paradox of international solidarity -- The extent and limits of peace operations in the 1990s -- The United Nations and its shortcomings as an international bureaucracy -- The structure of international politics and the dilemmas of solidarity -- Clinton's foreign policy and the quandary of national and international interests -- The Bush "revolution" in U.S. foreign policy and the sidelining of internationalism -- Toward the international rule of law