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The Return of Great Power Rivalry - Democracy versus Autocracy from the Ancient World to the U.S. and China (Hardcover)
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The Return of Great Power Rivalry - Democracy versus Autocracy from the Ancient World to the U.S. and China (Hardcover)
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The United States of America has been the most powerful country in
the world for over seventy years. The U.S. National Security
Strategy declares, however, that the return of great power
competition with Russia and China is the greatest threat to U.S.
national security. Further, many analysts predict that America's
autocratic rivals will succeed in disrupting or displacing U.S.
global leadership. Brilliant and engagingly written, The Return of
Great Power Rivalry, Matthew Kroenig argues that this conventional
wisdom is wrong. Drawing on an extraordinary range of historical
evidence and the works of figures like Herodotus, Machiavelli, and
Montesquieu-and cutting-edge social science research, Mattew
Kroenig advances the riveting argument that democracies tend to
excel in great power rivalries. He contends that democracies
actually have unique economic, diplomatic, and military advantages
in long-run geopolitical competitions. He considers autocratic
advantages as well, but shows that these are more than outweighed
by their vulnerabilities. Kroenig then shows these arguments
through the seven most important cases of
democratic-versus-autocratic rivalries throughout history, from the
ancient world to the Cold War. Finally, he analyzes the new era of
great power rivalry among the United States, Russia, and China
through the lens of the democratic advantage argument. By advancing
a "hard-power" argument for democracy, Kroenig demonstrates that
despite its many problems, the U.S. is better positioned to
maintain a global leadership role than either Russia or China. A
vitally important book for anyone concerned about the future of
global geopolitics, The Return of Great Power Rivalry provides both
an innovative way of thinking about power in international politics
and an optimistic assessment of the future of American global
leadership.
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