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In Twilight of the Titans, Paul K. MacDonald and Joseph M. Parent examine great power transitions since 1870 to determine how declining powers choose to behave, identifying the strong incentives to moderate their behavior when the hierarchy of great powers is shifting. Challenging the conventional wisdom that such transitions push declining great powers to extreme measures, this book argues that intimidation, provocation, and preventive war are not the only alternatives to the loss of relative power and prestige. Using numerous case studies, MacDonald and Parent show how declining states tend to behave, the policy options they have, how rising states respond to those in decline, and what conditions reward particular strategic choices.

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Publié par	Cornell University Press
Date de parution	15 avril 2018
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781501717109
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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Twilight of the Titans

a volum e in th e series

CornellStudiesinSecurityAffairs

EditedbyRobertJ.Art,RobertJervis,andStephenM.Walt

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Twilight of the Titans

Great Power Decline and Retrenchment

Pau l K . M a c D o na l d a n d J o s e p h M . Pa r e n t

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Names: MacDonald, Paul K., author. | Parent, Joseph M., author. Title: Twilight of the titans : great power decline and retrenchment / Paul K. MacDonald and Joseph M. Parent. Description: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018. | Series: Cornell studies in security affairs | Includes bibliographical references anidndex.Identiﬁers: LCCN 2017034805 (print) | LCCN 2017036520 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501717109 (pdf) | ISBN 9781501717116 (ret) | ISBN 9781501717093 | ISBN 9781501717093 (cloth ; alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Great powers. | Hegemony. | Regression (Civilization) | Internationarlelations. Classiﬁcation: LCC JZ1312 (ebook) | LCC JZ1312 .M34 2018 (print) | DDC327.1/1409034—dc23

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Cover illustration: In the Chinese labyrinth. Uncle Sam leads other

countries through a ﬁeld of traps during the Boxer Rebellion.

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ToSophie,Stella,andNico,therisingpowersinourlives

Thedangerthat lies in great people and periods of greatness is extraordi-nary; every kind of exhaustion, and sterility, follow in their footsteps. —Friedrich Nietzsche

Thewearytitanstaggersunderthetoovastorbofitsfate.Wehavebornethe burden for many years. We think it is time our children should assist us to support it, and whenever you make the request to us, be very sure that we shall hasten gladly to call you to our Councils. —Joseph Chamberlain

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