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"The value of this book is its granular dissection of the process through which actual policies are debated and decided on. . . . More such books are needed to flesh out our understanding of American foreign policy in the second half of the twentieth century."鈥擠avid C. Unger, Survival: Global Politics and Strategy

鈥淔rom noble aspirations to practical realities, Mark Atwood Lawrence insightfully analyzes the evolution of U.S. foreign policy toward developing countries in the 1960s. He shows that presidential leadership mattered鈥攖hat there was a significant change from Kennedy to Johnson. He tells us why and how. We conclude with a clearer vision of international history during this crucial decade.鈥濃�擬elvyn P. Leffler, author of For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War

鈥淚n this much-anticipated book, Mark Atwood Lawrence provides a lucid, incisive, and authoritative investigation into the demise of America鈥檚 liberal agenda in the developing world during the 1960s. The End of Ambition is a stellar book by a marvelous historian and writer working at the top of his powers.鈥濃�擣redrik Logevall, Pulitzer Prize鈥搘inning author of Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America鈥檚 Vietnam

鈥淚n a brilliant reexamination of the Vietnam War that takes a different, more global view, Mark Atwood Lawrence reveals the flickering and fading of U.S. influence worldwide. He shows how Lyndon Johnson and his advisers, beset by cynicism and domestic opponents, accommodated with regional strongmen, thrusting U.S. foreign policy onto an antidemocratic path, with consequences that reverberate to the present day. This is an essential book鈥攐ne that transforms our understanding of American foreign policy during a pivotal era.鈥濃�擠aniel J. Sargent, author of A Superpower Transformed: The Remaking of American Foreign Relations in the 1970s