Prologue: The mother lode -- The shape of the new cold wars -- Part One: Dreaming of one world. Floating past the hermitage -- The lost decades -- Putin's seven-year itch -- America first -- Part Two: The arc of history. Inheriting the wreckage -- The end of the fever dream -- A dangerous dance -- The meltdown -- A 'sputnik' moment -- Blowing smoke -- A partnership 'without limits'? -- Part Three: Wars, hot and cold. Short invasion, long war -- Boiling the frog -- Crossing the line -- The nuclear paradox -- A high fence for a small yard -- 'Don't make us choose' -- Part Four: Fighting for control. Searching for endgames -- The digital war-and its limits -- The downward spiral -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- A note on sources -- Notes -- Index.