Balance of Power in World History [Paperback]

Stuart Kaufman (Editor), Richard Little (Editor), William C. Wohlforth (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0230507115 | ISBN-13: 978-0230507111 | Edition: First Edition

The balance of power is one of the most influential ideas in international relations, yet it has never been systemically and 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. The collective, multidisciplinary and international research effort yields an inescapable conclusion: much of the conventional wisdom about the balance of power does not survive intact with non-European evidence.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'[...] the authors have addressed a crucially and lamentably under-researched area, and done a very good job in bringing material into the light that will generate a great deal of positive debate both within realism and outside it.' - Professor Michael Sheehan, University of Wales Swansea, UK '...a welcome addition to the growing body of interdisciplinary research in the history of world politics.' Lucas Freire, Political Studies Review

About the Author

STUART J. KAUFMAN is Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Delaware. RICHARD LITTLE is Professor of International Politics at the University of Bristol. WILLIAM C. WOHLFORTH is Professor of Government at Dartmouth College.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; First Edition edition (October 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0230507115
• ISBN-13: 978-0230507111
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,221,198 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)