TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kegley,Charles W.
AU  - Raymond,Gregory A.
TI  - A Multipolar peace?: great-power politics in the twenty-first century 
SN  - 0312099576
U1  - 327.172 23
PY  - 1994///
CY  - New York
PB  - St. Martin's Press
KW  - World politics
KW  - 1989-
KW  - Security, International
KW  - Europe
KW  - History, Military
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-264) and index; Pt. I; Visions of the Post-Cold War World --; 1; New International Realities --; Dangers in a Disorderly New World Order --; The Specter of Multipolarity --; Continuity and Change in the Structure of World Power --; 2; Rethinking Cold War Lessons --; What Was the Long Peace? --; Potentially Mythical Causes of the Long Peace --; Cold War Myths and Dangerous Extrapolations --; 3; Must We Fear a Multipolar Future? --; Realist Theory, Multipolarity, and the Post-Cold War World --; The Geometry of Multipolar Systems --; Multipolar Systems in History --; Pt. II; Understanding the Past --; 4; Polarity and Uncertainty --; Does the Number of Great-Power Competitors Matter? --; Does the Stability of the Great-Power Hierarchy Matter? --; Polarity, Power Transitions, and Peace --; 5; Polarization and Escalation --; Alliances and Alignment in World Politics --; Why Great Powers Forge Alliances --; The Ambivalent Realpolitik Image of Alliances --; The Consequences of Polarized Alliances --; Great-Power Coalitions and Escalation to War --; 6; International Norms and Great-Power Cooperation --; The Normative Context of Great-Power Interactions --; Normative Constraints on Great-Power Rivalry? --; The Normative Foundations of Multipolar Peace --; Pt. III; Choices for the Future --; 7; Paths to Peace --; The Range of Great-Power Choice in a Multipolar System --; Comparing Strategies for Peace --; 8; The United States: Recluse, Leader, or Balancer? --; Constraints on U.S. Policy Options --; Setting U.S. Priorities --; 9; A World of Special Relationships? --; Special Relationships in the Past --; Special Relationships in the Future --; Implications for Great-Power Choices --; 10; A Concert-Based Collective Security System? --; The Revival of Interest in Collective Security --; Requirements for Concert-Based Collective Security --; Alternative Frameworks for Concert-Based Collective Security --; The Future Is Now --; References --; Name Index --; Subject Index --; About the Authors
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