In this particular book, Francis Fukuyama provides the most comprehensive and understandable account of the neoconservative perspective regarding America's role and position in global affairs, as well as the areas in which it has overextended itself to a destructive degree.

Essentially, he advocates for an American foreign policy that will have a greater awareness of the limits of American power, will be less reliant on the military, and will show more respect for the interests and opinions of other countries and the emerging international norms and institutions.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]