Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. An Introduction to Growth, Trade, and Systemic Leadership -- PART I. THE SYSTEMIC LEADERSHIP PLATFORM -- 2. Leading Sectors, Lead Economies, and Economic Growth -- 3. Economic Innovation, Systemic Leadership, and Military Preparations for War -- PART II. PROTECTIONISM -- 4. Explaining Protectionism: Seventeen Perspectives and One Long-Term Common Denominator -- 5. The Timing of Protectionism -- PART III. PROTECTIONISM, TRADE, AND OPENNESS -- 6. Tariffs and Trade Fluctuations: Does Protectionism Matteras Much as We Think? -- 7. Systemic Leadership and World Trade Openness -- 8. Trade, Regionalization, and Tariffs: The Correlates of Openness in the American Long Run -- 9. Conclusion: Adding Things Up -- Appendixes -- Notes -- References -- Index.