Deadly Imbalances: Tripolarity and Hitler's Strategy of World Conquest

by Randall L. Schweller

Book Overview

Scholars frequently portray World War II as an epic morality play driven by a villain (Hitler) and a sinner (Chamberlain). This book offers a fresh approach, combining both the attributes of states and the structure of the international system to explain the origins and causes of World War II. Central to the analysis is the argument that the structure of the international system was tripolar - with Germany, the Soviet Union and the United States as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231110731
• ISBN13: 9780231110730
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher