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The balance of power is one of the most influential ideas in international relations, yet it has never been systemically and comprehensively examined in pre-modern or non-European contexts. This book redresses this imbalance.
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Basingstoke [England] : |
| Publication Dates: | 2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
The balance of power is one of the most influential ideas in international relations, yet it has never been systemically and comprehensively examined in pre-modern or non-European contexts. This book redresses this imbalance. |
| Item Description: | Papers presented at a workshop on Hierarchy and Balance in International Systems held at Dartmouth College, October 18-20, 2003. |
| Carrier Form: | x, 279 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-272) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780230507111 (paperback : alkaline paper) : 0230507107 (hardback : alkaline paper) 0230507115 (paperback : alkaline paper) 9780230507104 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | JZ1313 |
| CLC: | K10-532 |
| Call Number: | K10-532/B171/2003 |
| Contents: | Introduction: Balance and Hierarchy in International Systems; S.J.Kaufman, R.Little & W.C.Wohlforth - Balancing and Balancing Failure in Biblical Times: Assyria and the Ancient Middle Eastern System 900-600 BCE; S.J.Kaufman & W.C.Wohlforth - The Greek City States in the Fifth Century BCE: Persia and the Balance of Power; R.Little - Intra-Greek Balancing, the Mediterranean Crisis of ca. 201-200 B.C., and the Rise of Rome; A.M.Eckstein - The Forest and the King of Beasts: Hierarchy and Opposition in Ancient India (c.500 - c.232 BCE); W.J.Brenner - The Triumph of Domination in the Ancient Chine |