Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Fateful Transitions -- The Book and International Relations Theory -- Ordering of the Book -- Chapter 2: Power Shifts and Strategy -- Power and Perceptions -- Democratic Strategies -- Regime Type and Power Transitions -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Pax Britannica Eclipsed -- The Balance of Power -- The Balance of Perceptions -- American Democracy, German Autocracy -- Great Britain Appeases the United States -- America's Rise: Democracy Reassures -- Great Britain and Germany: Integration and Hedging -- Autocracy Frames Germany's Rise -- Great Britain Embraces Containment -- Other Influences on British Strategy -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Germany Resurgent -- The Balance of Power -- The Balance of Perceptions -- 1933: The Death of German Democracy -- The Myth of British Appeasement -- Autocracy Overshadows Germany's Resurgence -- The Road to Containment -- Economic Interdependence and British Strategy -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Red Star Rising -- The Balance of Power -- The Balance of Perceptions -- All Power to Stalin -- America's Early Approach: Integrate and Hedge -- Stalinism and the Soviet Rise -- Toward Containment -- Implementing Containment -- Sustaining Primacy and American Strategy -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Emerging Superpower -- The Balance of Power -- The Balance of Perceptions -- China: Economic Reform and Political Continuity -- America's Enduring China Strategies -- The Obama Administration -- Autocracy Overhangs China's Rise -- Economic Interdependence and U.S. Strategy -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Neighboring Titan -- The Balance of Power -- The Balance of Perceptions -- Japan's Enduring China Strategies -- Autocracy Overhangs China's Rise -- Other Influences on Japanese Strategy -- Conclusion.

Chapter 8: Implications for the Twenty-First Century -- Implications for Theory -- Implications for Policy -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Omitted Cases -- Appendix 2: Coding Checks and Balances -- Appendix 3: Measuring Freedom of the Press -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.