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020			_a9780190080242
035			_a(OCoLC)1119144668
050			_aJZ1313 _b.K76 2020
100	1		_aKroenig, Matthew.
245	1	4	_aThe return of great power rivalry : _bdemocracy versus autocracy from the ancient world to the U.S. and China / _cMatthew Kroenig.
260			_aNew York, N.Y. : _bOxford University Press, _cc2020.
300			_axiii, 288 p. : _bill., maps.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index.
505	0		_aDemocracy versus autocracy --The democratic advantage in history -- The democratic advantage today -- The democratic advantage in the future.
520			_a"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." --Publisher's description.
650		4	_aBalance of power.
650		4	_aBalance of power _xHistory.
650		4	_aDemocracy.
650		4	_aDemocracy _xHistory.
650		4	_aAuthoritarianism.
650		4	_aAuthoritarianism _xHistory.
650		4	_aGreat powers.
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