Hegemonic Rivalry
From Thucydides To The Nuclear Age
1st Edition
Published on 9. April 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
295 pages
978-0-8133-7744-5 (ISBN)
Description
This is an exploration of the nature and implications of great power rivalry which brings together historians, classicists and political scientists to examine the similarities and differences between present-day superpower relations and the period preceding the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War in 431 BC. It uses these two conflicts to test the validity and explanatory power of realism, power transition theory and other approaches to undestanding war, and seeks to distinguish between generic and idiosyncratic causes and manifestations of conflict.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-7744-5 (9780813377445)
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Content
Part 1 Thucydides and international relations - introduction, Richard Ned Lebow and Barry S. Strauss. Part 2 Basic themes: theory and practice, W.G. Forrest; Thucydides and great power rivalry, W.R. Connor; Peloponnesian War and Cold War, Robert Gilpin. Part 3 Bipolar or multipolar?: polarization in Thucydides, W.R. Connor; bipolarity and war - what makes the difference?, Carlo M. Santoro; scontro di blocchi e azione di terze forze nello scoppio della Guerra del Peloponneso, Marta Sordi. Part 4 Power transition and war: Contemporary international relations theory and the Peloponnesian War, Mark V. Kauppi; Thucydides, power transition theory and the causes of war, Richard Ned Lebow. Part 5 Realism and its critics: Thucydides - a realist?, Michael W. Doyle; of balances, bandwagons and Ancient Greeks, Barry S. Strauss. Part 6 Democracies and the lessons of war: democracies, authoritarian states and international conflict, Matthew Evangelista; Athens, the United States and democratic "characteristics" in foreign policy, Philip A.G. Sabin; national ideology and strategic defence of the population, from Athens to star wars, Josiah Ober; hegemony and Arkhe in Greece - 4th-century BC views, Shalom Perlman.