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A Calculus of Power: Grand Strategy in the Twenty-First Century Hardcover – August 10, 2010

by Peter Gowan (Author), Tariq Ali (Introduction)
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In this wide-ranging and incisive collection, Peter Gowan traces the contours of the world order that emerged after the end of the Cold War and assesses its prospects in the light of the global economic downturn. Arguing that the present inter-state system was shaped from the outset by Washington’s drive to maintain its status as global hegemon, Gowan dissects several cherished myths of the liberal mainstream, offering a radical counter-history of the UN and a sharp critique of the West’s interventions in the Balkans. He provides a forceful response to advocates of a new cosmopolitanism, and engages with neo-realist theories of international relations—asking whether the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan have resulted in a crisis for their visions of American power, and discussing what the lineaments of a future order might be.

Closing with an interview conducted just before his death which discusses his life’s work, A Calculus of Power is a penetrating look at contemporary world politics by one of the most renowned thinkers of the New Left.
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  1. Print length
    272 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Verso
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    August 10, 2010
  5. Dimensions
    6.4 x 1 x 9.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    184467620X
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1844676200
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“One of the most formidable intellects among young radicals from the 1960s New Left.”—Misha Glenny, author of McMafia

“Peter was a socialist intellectual of the highest calibre, combining enormous energy and independence of mind with a truly collective spirit.”—Tariq Ali

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Peter Gowan (1946–2009) taught international relations for many years at London Metropolitan University. He was the author of The Global Gamble and A Calculus of Power, co-editor of The Question of Europe, cofounder of the journal Labour Focus on Eastern Europe, and a longstanding member of the editorial board of New Left Review—who published an interview with Peter Gowan along with an obituary in Sept–Oct 2009.

Tariq Ali is a writer and filmmaker. He has written more than a dozen books on world history and politics—including Pirates of the Caribbean, Bush in Babylon, The Clash of Fundamentalisms and The Obama Syndrome—as well as five novels in his Islam Quintet series and scripts for the stage and screen. He is an editor of the New Left Review and lives in London.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Verso (August 10, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 184467620X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1844676200
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.26 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.4 x 1 x 9.5 inches
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    5.0 out of 5 stars It is telling that many structural realists now trot out Gowanite ideas on American Empire as if they are original and his NLR review of Layne's brilliant 2006 book Peace of Illusions opened up many questions ...
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    I am a professor of International Security and I have published widely on American Grand Strategy. I am not a Marxist, and am very supportive of US global leadership, seeing it as a necessary condition that has helped underwrite forms of world order that have been largely positive. Gowan would radically disagree with me. However, I think Gowan's work, and his masterful Global Gamble (although very wrong in places e.g. the instrumental push towards neo-liberalism on the part of US elites) are illuminating. His writing is clear and his insights really open up a fresh perspective on American foreign policy. His untimely death robbed us of a prescient and insightful scholar. It is telling that many structural realists now trot out Gowanite ideas on American Empire as if they are original and his NLR review of Layne's brilliant 2006 book Peace of Illusions opened up many questions about the structural realist critique of American power.

    Read him and learn. I did.
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