The Tragedy of Great Power PoliticsW. W. Norton & Company, 2001 - 555 pages "A superb book....Mearsheimer has made a significant contribution to our understanding of the behavior of great powers."—The National Interest, Barry R. Posen A decade after the cold war ended, policy makers and academics foresaw a new era of peace and prosperity, an era in which democracy and open trade would herald the "end of history." The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, sadly shattered these idyllic illusions, and John Mearsheimer's masterful new book explains why these harmonious visions remain utopian. To Mearsheimer, great power politics are tragic because the anarchy of the international system requires states to seek dominance at one another's expense, dooming even peaceful nations to a relentless power struggle. Mearsheimer illuminates his theory of offensive realism through a sweeping survey of modern great power struggles and reflects on the bleak prospects for peace in Europe and northeast Asia, arguing that the United States's security competition with a rising China will intensify regardless of "engagement" policies. "This is the definitive work on offensive realism."—Choice |
Table des matières
TWO Anarchy and the Struggle for Power | 29 |
THREE Wealth and Power | 55 |
FOUR The Primacy of Land Power | 83 |
ing World War II 193945 well over half of them civilians Soon after | 88 |
SEVEN The Offshore Balancers | 234 |
EIGHT Balancing versus BuckPassing | 267 |
NINE The Causes of Great Power War | 334 |
Notes | 403 |
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