The Balance of Power in World History

by Stuart J. Kaufman and Richard Little

Book Overview

The balance of power is one of the most influential ideas in international relations, yet it has never been systemically and comprehensively examined in pre-modern or non-European contexts. This book redresses this imbalance. The authors present eight new case studies of balancing and balancing failure in pre-modern and non-European international systems. The collective, multidisciplinary and international research effort yields an inescapable conclusion:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230507115
• ISBN13: 9780230507111
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.5"