The balance of power in international relations : metaphors, myths and models /

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Author / Creator:Little, Richard, 1944-
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Description:x, 317 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6633374
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ISBN:9780521874885 (hardback : alk. paper)
0521874882 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780521697606 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0521697603 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-311) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Part I. Introduction
  • 1. Reassessing the balance of power
  • Part II. Metaphors, myths and models
  • 2. Metaphors and the balance of power
  • 3. The balance of power: from metaphors to myths and models
  • Part III. Balance of power models
  • 4. Hans J. Morgenthau's Politics Among Nations
  • 5. Hedley Bull's The Anarchical Society
  • 6. Kenneth N. Waltz's Theory of International Politics
  • 7. John J. Mearsheimer's The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
  • Part IV. Conclusion
  • 8. A composite view of the balance of power for the twenty-first century
  • Bibliography
  • Index