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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Primacy and its discontents. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008 (OCoLC)624890700 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael E Brown; et al |
| ISBN: | 9780262524551 0262524554 |
| OCLC Number: | 245024300 |
| Notes: | "The contents of this book were first published in International security"--T.p. verso. |
| Description: | xxviii, 384 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Foreword / Graham Allison -- Preface / Sean M. Lynn-Jones -- pt. I: The sources and prospects of American primacy. The stability of a unipolar world / William C. Wohlforth ; Command of the commons: the military foundation of U.S. hegemony / Barry R. Posen -- pt. II: Primacy and balancing in theory and practice. The unipolar illusion: why new great powers will rise / Christopher Layne ; The unipolar illusion revisited: the coming end of American hegemony / Christopher Layne ; Structural realism after the Cold War / Kenneth N. Waltz ; Institutions, strategic restraint, and the persistence of American postwar order / G. John Ikenberry ; Transnational liberalism and U.S. primacy / John M. Owen IV -- pt. III: New responses to American primacy. Soft balancing against the United States / Robert A. Pape ; Soft balancing in the age of U.S. primacy / T.V. Paul ; Hard times for soft balancing / Stephen G. Brooks and William C. Wohlforth ; Waiting for balancing: why the world is not pushing back / Keir A. Lieber and Gerard Alexander. |
| Series Title: | International security readers. |
| Other Titles: | International security. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Michael E. Brown ... [et al.]. |
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"U.S. primacy remains of 'prime' importance to the current and future course of international politics. These superb ten essays capture the sources of, disputes about, and reactions to U.S. primacy. An excellent source for courses in international relations and American foreign policy." --Robert Art, Christian A. Herter Professor of International Relations, Brandeis University "The United States is by a wide margin the most powerful state in the world today. Primacy and Its Discontents is an astonishing, state-of-the-art collection of articles about this profound change in the structure of international politics and its implications for the rest of the world. The authors' discussions of the sources, durability, and management of American primacy and their debate over whether and how other states can balance against U.S. power crackle with energy and insights that inform both the academic and policy communities." --Randall Schweller, Professor of Political Science at The Ohio State University and author of Unanswered Threats: Political Constraints on the Balance of Power "For centuries, the balance of power has been the central precept of international politics, so what happens when one country's overwhelming primacy makes restraining alliances seem obsolete? This collection of top-quality essays by premier scholars offers lively debates over alternatives such as "soft balancing" and multilateral institutional constraints. Primacy and Its Discontents is ideal for getting students thinking in the classroom." --Jack Snyder, Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Relations, Columbia University; author of Electing to Fight: Why Emerging Democracies Go to War "This is an excellent collection. The chapters penetrate to the heart of recent debates over the reality of U.S. primacy, the stability of the global order, and the nature of efforts to counter American power. With their combination of theoretical insight and solid empirical analysis, these essays are essential reading for graduate and undergraduate courses on American security policy in the post--9/11 world." --Dale Copeland, Associate Professor, Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics, University of Virginia; author of The Origins of Major War Read more...
