“Dazzling and instructive...[a] magisterial new book.”—Walter Isaacson, Time" An astute
analysis that illuminates many of today's critical international issues."—Kirkus Reviews …

Pour la première fois, Henry Kissinger consacre un ouvrage à un pays qu'il a connu
intimement, et dont il a participé à façonner les relations avec l'Occident. Parce que nul pays …

The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War has long
been understood in a global context, but Jeremy Friedman's Shadow Cold War delves …

Beckley demonstrates that no country is poised to upend American primacy, not
economically, not militarily, and not technologically.... The evidence he assembles should be …

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Revolution and Dictatorship the violent origins of durable authoritarianism 9 Steven Levitsky …

“Outstanding... The most accessible distillation of that conflict yet written.”—The Boston
Globe “Energetically written and lucid, it makes an ideal introduction to the subject.”—The …

As the twentieth century draws to a close, it is time to look back on an epoch of widespread
turmoil, including two world wars, the end of the colonial era in world history, and a large …

This is the first historically comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of the causes, content, and
consequences of nationalism in China, an ancient empire that has struggled to construct a …

1. For an overview of competing post–Cold War US grand strategies derived from offensive
realism and defensive realism, see Barry R. Posen and Andrew L. Ross,“Competing Visions …

In this book, first published in 2001, Kenneth Schultz explores the effects of democratic
politics on the use and success of coercive diplomacy. He argues that open political …