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Introduction: 1914: An Abrupt End to a Century and a Quarter of Isolationism Part One: Alliance Networks and the Defeat of German and Japanese Power: Early Twentieth Century Hot Wars, 1914-1945 Chapter One: World War I, Temporary Alliance Networks, and American Leadership, 1914-1918 Chapter Two: World War II, Permanent Alliances, and American Internationalism, 1931-1945 Part Two: Role of Alliances in Containing the Power of the Soviet Union: Late Twentieth Century Cold War, 1945-1991 Chapter Three: War of Nerves with the Soviet Union: A Broad but Shaky Containment Alliance, 1945-1991 Chapter Four: Korean War: A Small Pacific-Based Containment Alliance and Stalemate, 1950-1953 Chapter Five: War in Southeast Asia: Absence of Allies, Non-Containment, and Defeat, 1964-1973 Part Three: Creation of Alliances to Restrict and Defeat Rogue State Power: Immediate Post-Cold War Period Chapter Six: American-Led, United Nations Based Alliance to Check Saddam and Iraq, 1990-1991 Chapter Seven: American-Led, NATO-Based Alliance to Check Milocevic and Serbia, 1992-1999 Part Four: Utility and Disutility of Alliances in Dealing with Challenges from Terrorist Power, 2001-2014 Chapter Eight: America, NATO, and the War in Afghanistan, 2001-2014 Chapter Nine: America, Coalition of the Willing, and the War in Iraq, 2003-2011 Chapter Ten: Arab Spring, Discussions within Alliances, and the Potential for War, 2011-2014 Conclusion: 2014: Reflections on a Century of War and an Abrupt Transition to New Conflicts Alliance Networks and the Defeat of Enemy European and Asian States, 1914-1945 Role of Alliances in Containing the Power of a Universalist State and its Empire, 1945-1991 Creation of Alliances to Counter Rogue States and their Regional Power, 1991-2001 Battle against Terrorism - Beneath , Above, Beyond, and Within, 2001-2014 Continuing Terrorism, Arab Resurgence, and Globalization, 2014 and after "Mazar" References.