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Great Powers and World Order
Patterns and Prospects
- Charles W. Kegley - University of South Carolina, USA
- Gregory A. Raymond - Boise State University, Idaho
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International Relations
February 2020 | 264 pages | CQ Press
Great Powers and World Order encourages critical thinking about the nature of world order by presenting the historical information and theoretical concepts needed to make projections about the global future. Charles W. Kegley and Gregory Raymond ask students to compare retrospective cases and formulate their own hypotheses about not only the causes of war, but also the consequences of peace settlements. Historical case studies open a window to see what strategies for constructing world order were tried before, why one course of action was chosen over another, and how things turned out. By moving back and forth in each case study between history and theory, rather than treating them as separate topics, the authors hope to situate the assumptions, causal claims, and policy prescriptions of different schools of thought within the temporal domains in which they took root, giving the reader a better sense of why policy makers embraced a particular view of world order instead of an alternative vision.
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
PART I: THE VIOLENT ORIGINS OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD ORDER
Chapter 1 Great-Power Struggles for Primacy in the Modern Era
Chapter 2 World War I and the Versailles Settlement
Chapter 3 World War II and the Birth of the Liberal Order
PART II: THE FITFUL EVOLUTION OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD ORDER
Chapter 4 The Cold War and Its Consequences
Chapter 5 America’s Unipolar Moment
Chapter 6 Unraveling the Liberal Order
PART III: FORGING A NEW WORLD ORDER
Chapter 7 The Range of Great-Power Choice
Chapter 8 Rethinking World Order
Suggested Readings
Glossary
Notes
Index
“Case studies of great-power rivalries since the twentieth century are deployed to exceptional pedagogical advantage to instruct students about enduring questions in today’s turbulent times. The innovative format forces students to think for themselves. This textbook is highly recommended for university courses focusing on this troubling topic on the contemporary global agenda.”
Dean of the Honors College and Professor of Government at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
“This is an outstanding book, covering critically important global issues which makes a significant and original contribution to the storehouse of available textbooks dealing with contemporary world affairs.”
George V. Allen Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Duke University, and President of the International Studies Association, 1979–1980
“The global political transformation underway will impact everyone. Study this compelling text to understand the form and consequences of past power rivalries and the critical choices before us now.”
Professor and Brent Scowcroft Chair in International Policy Studies Emeritus, The Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University
