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The balance of power is one of the most influential ideas in international relations, yet it has never been 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...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kaufman, Stuart J. (Editor), Little, Richard (Editor), Wohlforth, William C. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:
History.
Globalization.
Historiography and Method.
International Relations.
Political Science.
Sociology, general.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Historiography.
International relations.
Political science.
Sociology.
World history.
Electronic books.
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Summary:The balance of power is one of the most influential ideas in international relations, yet it has never been 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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (X, 279 pages)
ISBN:9780230591684
DOI:10.1057/9780230591684