This iconoclastic and fundamental work, Eric Nordlinger"s last, advocates a new variant of isolationism, a "national strategy" confining U.S. military actions largely to North America and to neighboring sea- and air-lanes but encouraging international activism and engagement in nonsecurity realms. In Nordlinger"s view, disengaging from security commitments on distant shores would liberate the United States to use its resources and decisionmaking powers to act more effectively abroad in matters of economic policy and human rights.