Arms Races in International Politics
From the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century
Published on 14. January 2016
Book
Hardback
322 pages
978-0-19-873526-7 (ISBN)
Description
This volume provides the first comprehensive history of the arms racing phenomenon in modern international politics, drawing both on theoretical approaches and on the latest historical research. Written by an international team of specialists, it is divided into four sections: before 1914; the inter-war years; the Cold War; and extra-European and post-Cold War arms races. Twelve case studies examine land and naval armaments before the First World War; air, land, and naval competition during the 1920s and 1930s; and nuclear as well as conventional weapons since 1945. Armaments policies are placed within the context of technological development, international politics and diplomacy, and social politics and economics. An extended general introduction and conclusion and introductions to each section provide coherence between the specialized chapters and draw out wider implications for policymakers and for political scientists. Arms Races in International Politics addresses two key questions: what causes arms races, and what is the connection between arms races and the outbreak of wars?
Reviews / Votes
[The editors'] collective endeavor offers not only important observations about specific arms races but also new theoretical insights into the phenomena of the arms race itself. This well-conceived collection also contains new details about the major arms competitions that influence how political scientists and historians think about the relationship between arms racing and war. * H-Net *More details
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Thomas Mahnken | Joseph Maiolo | David Stevenson
Arms Races in International Politics
From the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century
E-Book
01/2016
1st Edition
OUP eBook
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Thomas Mahnken | Joseph Maiolo | David Stevenson
Arms Races in International Politics
From the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century
E-Book
01/2016
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€64.49
Available for download
Persons
Thomas G. Mahnken is currently Jerome E. Levy Chair of Economic Geography and National Security at the U.S. Naval War College and a Senior Research Professor at the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies at The Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). His most recent books are Strategy in Asia: The Past, Present and Future of Regional Security (2014) and Competitive Strategies for the 21st Century: Theory, History, and Practice (2012). He is co-editor of The Journal of Strategic Studies.
Joseph Maiolo is Professor of International History in the Department of War Studies, King's College London, and Visiting Research Professor at the Norwegian Defence Intelligence University, Oslo. He is author of Cry Havoc: How the Arms Race Drove the World to War, 1931-1941 (2010), co-author of An International History of the Twentieth Century (2014), and co-editor of volume II of The Cambridge History of the Second World War (2015). He is co-editor of The Journal of Strategic Studies.
David Stevenson holds the Stevenson Chair of International History at the London School of Economics & Political Science. His publications include Armaments and the Coming of War: Europe, 1904-1914 (1996); 1914-1918: the History of the First World War (2004); and With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 (2011). He is currently preparing an international history of the year 1917.
Joseph Maiolo is Professor of International History in the Department of War Studies, King's College London, and Visiting Research Professor at the Norwegian Defence Intelligence University, Oslo. He is author of Cry Havoc: How the Arms Race Drove the World to War, 1931-1941 (2010), co-author of An International History of the Twentieth Century (2014), and co-editor of volume II of The Cambridge History of the Second World War (2015). He is co-editor of The Journal of Strategic Studies.
David Stevenson holds the Stevenson Chair of International History at the London School of Economics & Political Science. His publications include Armaments and the Coming of War: Europe, 1904-1914 (1996); 1914-1918: the History of the First World War (2004); and With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 (2011). He is currently preparing an international history of the year 1917.
Editor
Jerome Levy Chair of Economic Geography and National SecurityJerome Levy Chair of Economic Geography and National Security, US Naval War College
Professor of International HistoryProfessor of International History, King's College London
Stevenson Professor of International HistoryStevenson Professor of International History, London School of Economics & Political Science
Content
PART I: BEFORE 1914 ; PART II: BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS ; PART III: THE COLD WAR ARMS RACE ; PART IV: EXTRA-EUROPEAN ARMS RACES AND DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THE COLD WAR