The tragedy of Great Power politics John J. Mearsheimer

By:

Mearsheimer, John J, 1947- [aut]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: The Norton series in world politicsPublisher: New York, NY [u.a.] Norton 2001Edition: 1. edDescription: XVI, 555 S. graph. Darst., Kt. 24 cmContent type:

Text

Media type:

ohne Hilfsmittel zu benutzen

Carrier type:

Band

ISBN:

0393020258
9780393978391
0393978397

Subject(s): DDC classification:

327.1/01 21
327.101

LOC classification:

D397
D397.M38 2001

Other classification:

RQ
SA02
SB
3,6
MK 2100
15.20
89.90

Action note:

Summary: Klappentext: A decade after the end of the Cold War, both policy makers and academics foresaw a new era of peace and prosperity, an era when democracy, open trade, and mutual trust would join hands to banish war from the globe. With insight worthy of Machiavelli's "The Prince", John Mearsheimer exposes the truth behind this idyllic illuscion: in a world where no international authority reigns above states, great powers invariably seek to gain power at one another's expense and to establish themselves as the dominant state.Summary: Machine generated contents note: I -- ONE Introduction -- TWO Anarchy and the Struggle for Power -- THREE Wealth and Power -- FOUR The Primacy of Land Power -- FIVE Strategies for Survival -- SIX Great Powers in Action -- SEVEN The Offshore Balancers -- EIGHT Balancing versus Buck-Passing -- NINE The Causes of Great Power War -- TEN Great Power Politics in the Twenty-first Century -- Notes -- Index

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
single unit book	HAC Library - Holdings of the American Academy in Berlin HAC – 1st floor – Library Room – Open Stacks	R (Reference collection)	R:D397.M38 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		2023-3201

Includes bibliographical references and index

Klappentext: A decade after the end of the Cold War, both policy makers and academics foresaw a new era of peace and prosperity, an era when democracy, open trade, and mutual trust would join hands to banish war from the globe. With insight worthy of Machiavelli's "The Prince", John Mearsheimer exposes the truth behind this idyllic illuscion: in a world where no international authority reigns above states, great powers invariably seek to gain power at one another's expense and to establish themselves as the dominant state.

Machine generated contents note: I -- ONE Introduction -- TWO Anarchy and the Struggle for Power -- THREE Wealth and Power -- FOUR The Primacy of Land Power -- FIVE Strategies for Survival -- SIX Great Powers in Action -- SEVEN The Offshore Balancers -- EIGHT Balancing versus Buck-Passing -- NINE The Causes of Great Power War -- TEN Great Power Politics in the Twenty-first Century -- Notes -- Index

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The tragedy of Great Power politics John J. Mearsheimer