The balance of power in world history /

Corporate Author: Palgrave Connect (Online service)
Other Authors: Little, Richard,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
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Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=232191
Table of 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 Chinese System / V. Tin-bor Hui
  • 'A Republic for Expansion': The Roman Constitution and Empire and Balance of Power Theory / D. Deudney
  • Hierarchy and Resistance in the American State-Systems, 1400-1800 CE / C. Jones
  • Stability and Hierarchy in East Asian International Relations, 1300 to 1900CE / D.C. Kang
  • Conclusion: Theoretical Insights from the Study of World History / S.J. Kaufman, R. Little & W.C. Wohlforth.