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Rethinking the World - Great Power Strategies and International Order (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
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Rethinking the World - Great Power Strategies and International Order (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
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Stunning shifts in the worldviews of states mark the modern history
of international affairs: how do societies think about - and
rethink - international order and security? Japan's opening, German
conquest, American internationalism, Maoist independence, and
Gorbachev's new thinking molded international conflict and
cooperation in their eras. How do we explain such momentous changes
- and in many cases their equally surprising absence? The nature of
strategic ideas, Jeffrey W. Legro argues, played a critical and
overlooked role in these transformations. Big changes in foreign
policies are rare because it is difficult for individuals to
overcome the inertia of entrenched national mentalities. Doing so
depends on a particular nexus of policy expectations, national
experience, and ready replacement ideas. In a sweeping comparative
history, Legro explores the sources of strategy in the United
States and Germany before and after the world wars ...
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