| | Foreword | p. IX |
| | Introduction: Roots of Empire: "War Is a Racket" | p. XI |
| | Collapse of Detente: Darkness at Noon | p. 391 |
| | Acknowledgments | p. 617 |
| | Notes | p. 619 |
| | World War I: Wilson vs. Lenin | p. 1 |
| | The Cold War: Who Started It? | p. 181 |
| | The Cold War Ends: Squandered Opportunities | p. 463 |
| | Obama: Managing a Wounded Empire | p. 549 |
| | The New Deal: "I Welcome their Hatred" | p. 45 |
| | JFK: "The Most Dangerous Moment in History" | p. 273 |
| | LBJ: Empire Derailed | p. 325 |
| | World War II: Who Really Defeated Germany? | p. 87 |
| | The Bomb: The Tragedy of a Small Man | p. 131 |
| | Eisenhower: A Not So Pretty Picture | p. 227 |
| | Nixon and Kissinger: The "Madman" and the "Psychopath" | p. 355 |
| | The Reagan Years: Death Squads for Democracy | p. 421 |
| | The Bush-Cheney Debacle: "The Gates of Hell are Open in Iraq" | p. 499 |
| | Photo Credits | p. 711 |
| | Index | p. 713 |