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The tragedy of great power politics / John J. Mearsheimer, University of Chicago.

Title
The tragedy of great power politics / John J. Mearsheimer, University of Chicago.
Author
Mearsheimer, John J.
Publication
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2014]

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Description
xxi, 561 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
Summary
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. The best survival strategy is to become a regional hegemon and to make sure that no other hegemon emerges elsewhere. He predicts that China will attempt to dominate Asia while the US will be determined to remain the world's sole regional hegemon. The tragedy of great power politics is inescapable.
Series Statement
The Norton series in world politics
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language (note)
  • Text in English.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Anarchy and the struggle for power -- Wealth and power -- The primacy of land power -- Strategies for survival -- Great powers in action -- The offshore balancers -- Balancing versus buck-passing -- The causes of great power war -- Can China rise peacefully?
ISBN
  • 9780393349276
  • 0393349276
LCCN
^^2014498441
OCLC
  • 876139793
  • SCSB-10962647
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library