TY - BOOK AU - Mandelbaum,Michael TI - The case for Goliath: how America acts as the world's government in the twenty-first century SN - 9781586483609 U1 - 327.73 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Public Affairs KW - Security | International KW - International relations KW - World politics N1 - The world's government. Empire ; Government ; Society ; History ; Consensus. -- International security. Reassurance ; Nuclear nonproliferation ; Terrorism and preventive war ; Humanitarian intervention ; State-building. -- The global economy. Enforcement ; Oil ; Money ; Trade ; Consumption. -- International legitimacy. Legitimacy ; Resentment ; Criticism ; Leadership ; Costs. -- The future. A world without America ; World government ; International society ; Europe ; "Victor Hugo, alas" ER -