"Incisive, eminently readable...McCormick reminds his readers of the unfashionable truths of our time: American domination of the postwar order, the weakness and conservatism of the Soviet Union, the gratuitousness of the nuclear arms race."--'Nation' "Original, bold, provocative, important--America's Half-Century deserves all those descriptions...Destined to become one of those handful of books that will be required reading for all serious students of American foreign relations."--Robert J. McMahon, 'Reviews in American History' "A much broader work than many accounts of American cold war policies, especially in the way it uses theories of hegemony and world systems to relate U.S. policies to the changing global environment. It cannot fail to stimulate and, because of its clarity and succinctness, it is likely to be widely used by students."--David Reynolds, 'International History Review'