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From an acclaimed historian, a sweeping study of the past, present, and future of the Great Powers,...
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From an acclaimed historian, a sweeping study of the past, present, and future of the Great Powers, revealing the new rules of global leadership.
"An exceedingly timely and very compelling book." ―General David Petraeus, former director of the CIA
From the dawn of the modern era to the end of the Cold War, global history was defined by rivalries between Great Powers. In the West, this meant the struggle for supremacy in Europe and the Americas, while in the East, it encompassed those vying for control over the successor states to Genghis Khan's empire. Between 1989 and the year 2000, Great Power rivalry temporarily gave way to globalization, with liberal democracy on the march and national chauvinism seemingly in retreat. But events of the past decade have made one thing abundantly clear: The Great Powers are back. In The Return of the Great Powers, renowned historian Brendan Simms offers a new history of the rise, fall, and return of the Great Powers in our time. He shows that over the past ten years or so, the major global actors have already resumed making decisions based on geopolitical rather than global economic considerations. Delivering a clear-eyed reckoning with today's most pressing geopolitical issues, from the Ukraine war to the future of American dominance, The Return of the Great Powers insists that we can only understand the future of the Great Powers by looking to the history that forged them.Author: Brendan Simms
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 06/02/2026
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.60d
ISBN: 9781541605831
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2026
About the Author
Brendan Simms is a professor in the history of international relations and fellow at Peterhouse College, Cambridge. He is the author of eight previous books, including Hitler's American Gamble and Europe. He lives in Cambridge, UK.
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