Balance of Power in World History

by Kaufman, Stuart; Little, Richard; Wohlforth, William C.

• ISBN13: 9780230507111
• ISBN10: 0230507115
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book presents eight new case studies of balancing and balancing failure in pre-modern and non-European international systems. The collective, multidisciplinary and international research effort yields an inescapable conclusion: much of the conventional wisdom about the balance of power does not survive intact with non-European evidence.

Author Biography

STUART J. KAUFMAN is Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Delaware. RICHARD LITTLE is Professor of International Politics at the University of Bristol. WILLIAM C. WOHLFORTH is Professor of Government at Dartmouth College.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Maps	p. vi
Acknowledgments	p. viii
Biographies	p. ix
Introduction: Balance and Hierarchy in International Systems	p. 1
Balancing and Balancing Failure in Biblical Times: Assyria and the Ancient Middle Eastern System, 900-600 BCE	p. 22
The Greek City-States in the Fifth Century BCE: Persia and the Balance of Power	p. 47
Intra-Greek Balancing and the Mediterranean Crisis of c. 201-200 BCE, and the Rise of Rome	p. 71
The Forest and the King of Beasts: Hierarchy and Opposition in Ancient India (c. 600-232 BCE)	p. 99
The Triumph of Domination in the Ancient Chinese System	p. 122
'A Republic for Expansion': The Roman Constitution and Empire and Balance-of-Power Theory	p. 148
Hierarchy and Resistance in American State-Systems 1400-1800 CE	p. 176
Stability and Hierarchy in East Asian International Relations, 1300-1900 CE	p. 199
Conclusion: Theoretical Insights from the Study of World History	p. 228
	p. 247
Bibliography	p. 250
Index	p. 273
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