America's Fatal Leap deconstructs the geopolitics of the United States after the end of the Cold War, based on the author's profound understanding of modern history. Paul W. Schroeder, a recognized historian of international diplomacy, has been a conservative and staunch supporter of U.S. leadership in the world. However, he has written scathing articles for National Interest and American Conservative regarding the arrogance and moral failures of the War on Terror, warning of the harmful long-term consequences for the international system. Schroeder compared September 11 to the assassination in Sarajevo that triggered World War I, arguing that a great power should never give terrorists a war they wanted. He wrote with remarkable foresight - months before the U.S. began its assault on the Taliban - about the 'dangers of victory' in Afghanistan, characterized the war in Iraq as a dead end for unofficial empire, and called for 'anti-science' in the Middle East. America's Fatal Leap collects Schroeder's remarkable interventions regarding the U.S. adventure in the Middle East, from the Gulf War in 1991 to the troop surge in 2007. It includes an introduction by Perry Anderson, author of US Foreign Policy and Its Thinkers and Ever Closer Union?