The frugal superpower : America's global leadership in a cash-strapped era / Michael Mandelbaum.

Includes index.

The tyranny of numbers -- A new era -- Entitlements -- Foreign policy limits -- Chapter two the novelty of scarcity -- The arc of American foreign policy -- The limits of American decline -- The world's government -- Chapter three adaptation to scarcity -- The seat belt effect -- The end of intervention -- The limits of cooperation -- Chapter four the return of great-power politics? -- The global security order -- China -- Russia -- Chapter five the heart of geopolitics -- The Middle East -- Oil -- The new containment.

In this incisive new book, Mandelbaum describes the policies the United States will have to discontinue, assesses the potential threats from China, Russia, and Iran, and recommends a new policy centered on a reduction in the nation's dependence on foreign oil.