"A comprehensive study, From Berlin to Baghdad fills a major gap in literature." -- Professor Michael Cox, Professor of International Relations and Director of the

" From Berlin to Baghdad is beautifully written, balanced, and based on nearly all available primary source documents bolstered by the relevant secondary literature." -- Steven Metz, author of Armed Conflict in the 21st Century

"Surveys various attempts to devise a new grand strategy following communism's collapse." -- Publisher's Weekly

"Brands presents a nuanced and balanced analysis of the difficulties with developing American national security doctrine, and he sets the foundation for future study of how presidents in the post-9/11 world can grapple effectively with diverse U.S. interests in world affairs." -- H-Diplo Roundtable Reviews

"Diplomatic historians will welcome this excellent new study of American foreign policy since the fall of the Berlin Wall." -- J. Garry Clifford, Journal of American History

"[A]rgues that our alliances in Europe and Asia are anachronistic, a burden rather than an asset to the United States and doomed to fail... [ From Berlin to Baghdad is] a sign that there is another intellectual and policy debate to be waged as we struggle to find the right answers to these questions." -- International History Reviw

"Hal Brands has written an excellent overview of US foreign policy from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the Iraq War. His study centers on the search for a coherent, overarching US strategy to replace the concept of containment that had dominated US doctrine throughout the Cold War." -- Journal of American Studies