The Return of Great Power Rivalry: Democracy Versus Autocracy from the Ancient World to the U.S. and China

This book provides an innovative way of thinking about power in international politics and provides an optimistic...
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The Return of Great Power Rivalry: Democracy Versus Autocracy from the Ancient World to the U.S. and China by Kroenig, Matthew

The Return of Great Power Rivalry: Democracy Versus Autocracy from the Ancient World to the U.S. and China

$63.62

The Return of Great Power Rivalry: Democracy Versus Autocracy from the Ancient World to the U.S. and China

$63.62
Author: Matthew Kroenig
Format: Paperback
Language: English
This book provides an innovative way of thinking about power in international politics and provides an optimistic assessment about the future of American global leadership.

The United States of America has been the most powerful country in the world for over seventy years, but recently the U.S. National Security Strategy declared that the return of great power competition with Russia and China is the greatest threat to U.S. national security. Further, many analysts
predict that America's autocratic rivals will have at least some success in disrupting-and, in the longer term, possibly even displacing-U.S. global leadership.

Brilliant and engagingly written, The Return of Great Power Rivalry argues that this conventional wisdom is wrong. Drawing on an extraordinary range of historical evidence and the works of figures like Herodotus, Machiavelli, and Montesquieu and combining it with cutting-edge social science
research, Matthew Kroenig advances the riveting argument that democracies tend to excel in great power rivalries. He contends that democracies actually have unique economic, diplomatic, and military advantages in long-run geopolitical competitions. He considers autocratic advantages as well, but
shows that these are more than outweighed by their vulnerabilities.Kroenig then shows these arguments through the seven most important cases of democratic-versus-autocratic rivalries throughout history, from the ancient world to the Cold War. Finally, he analyzes the new era of great power rivalry
among the United States, Russia, and China through the lens of the democratic advantage argument. By advancing a hard-power argument for democracy, Kroenig demonstrates that despite its many problems, the U.S. is better positioned to maintain a global leadership role than either Russia or China.

A vitally important book for anyone concerned about the future of global geopolitics, The Return of Great Power Rivalry provides both an innovative way of thinking about power in international politics and an optimistic assessment of the future of American global leadership.


Author: Matthew Kroenig
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 07/08/2022
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.15w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9780197621233

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