This book illuminates, in the form of a clear, well-paced and student-friendly analytical narrative, the functioning of the European states system in its heyday, the crucial century between the defeat of Napoleon in 1814 and the outbreak of the First World War just one hundred years later. In this substantially revised and expanded version of the text, the author has included...(展开全部)

The idea that world politics can be understood in terms of a US dominated unipolarity became generally accepted during the 1990s. Following the September 11 attacks, however, US foreign policy took an imperial turn and many began to question the form, style and substance of US leadership at the start of the 21st Century. But why is the US behaving as if it lived in a wor...(展开全部)

作者:[美]诺曼·里奇（Norman Rich） 译者:吴征宇 范菊华 诺曼里奇（Norman Rich），布朗大学历史学荣休教授，国际关系专家。1949年在加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校获得历史学博士学位，曾先后任教于布林莫尔学院、密歇根州立大学及布朗大学，并协助指导布朗大学的国际关系研究项目。普林斯顿大学国际问题研究中心和牛津大学圣安东尼学院都曾给予他研究员职位，他还曾因在英德两国进行的研究工作，被古根海姆基金会和富布莱特计划给予过资助。 主要著作有《弗里德里希冯霍尔斯泰因：俾斯麦和威廉二世时代的政治与外交》、《民族主义和改革时代》、《希特勒的战争目的》、《为什么会爆发克里米亚战争?》；与人合编《德国对外政策文件》多卷、《霍尔斯泰因文件：回忆录、日记和书信》四卷；在美国、加拿大以及欧洲的学术刊物上发表过多篇文章和书评。

作者:[美]诺曼·里奇（Norman Rich） 译者:吴征宇 范菊华 诺曼里奇（Norman Rich），布朗大学历史学荣休教授，国际关系专家。1949年在加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校获得历史学博士学位，曾先后任教于布林莫尔学院、密歇根州立大学及布朗大学，并协助指导布朗大学的国际关系研究项目。普林斯顿大学国际问题研究中心和牛津大学圣安东尼学院都曾给予他研究员职位，他还曾因在英德两国进行的研究工作，被古根海姆基金会和富布莱特计划给予过资助。 主要著作有《弗里德里希冯霍尔斯泰因：俾斯麦和威廉二世时代的政治与外交》、《民族主义和改革时代》、《希特勒的战争目的》、《为什么会爆发克里米亚战争?》；与人合编《德国对外政策文件》多卷、《霍尔斯泰因文件：回忆录、日记和书信》四卷；在美国、加拿大以及欧洲的学术刊物上发表过多篇文章和书评。

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict From 1500 to 2000, by Paul Kennedy, first published in 1987, explores the politics and economics of the Great Powers from 1500 to 1980 and the reason for their decline. It then continues by forecasting the positions of China, Japan, the European Economic Community (EEC), the Soviet Union and the United...(展开全部)

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict From 1500 to 2000, by Paul Kennedy, first published in 1987, explores the politics and economics of the Great Powers from 1500 to 1980 and the reason for their decline. It then continues by forecasting the positions of China, Japan, the European Economic Community (EEC), the Soviet Union and the United...(展开全部)

The idea that world politics can be understood in terms of a US dominated unipolarity became generally accepted during the 1990s. Following the September 11 attacks, however, US foreign policy took an imperial turn and many began to question the form, style and substance of US leadership at the start of the 21st Century. But why is the US behaving as if...(展开全部)

阎学通，清华大学国际关系研究院院长，世界和平论坛秘书长，清华大学首批文科资深教授，俄罗斯科学院外籍院士。他著作颇丰，其中包括普林斯顿大学出版社出版的Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power。和中信出版社出版的《历史的惯性》等，后者版权输出至印度、韩国、日本、阿尔巴尼亚、英国等，产生了广泛的国际影响力。

阎学通，清华大学国际关系研究院院长，世界和平论坛秘书长，清华大学首批文科资深教授，俄罗斯科学院外籍院士。他著作颇丰，其中包括普林斯顿大学出版社出版的Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power。和中信出版社出版的《历史的惯性》等，后者版权输出至印度、韩国、日本、阿尔巴尼亚、英国等，产生了广泛的国际影响力。

How do established powers react to growing competitors? The United States currently faces a dilemma with regard to China and others over whether to embrace competition and thus substantial present-day costs or collaborate with its rivals to garner short-term gains while letting them become more powerful. This problem lends considerable urgency to the lessons to be learned from ...(展开全部)