The tragedy of great power politics /
By: Mearsheimer, John J.
Series: Norton series in world politics: Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2014Edition: Updated edition.Description: xxi, 561 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.Content type: text | text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780393349276; 9780393349276:; 0393349276.Subject(s): World politics -- 19th century | Balance of power | World politics -- 20th century | Great powers | International relations. -- China -- United StatesDDC classification: 909.81 MEAItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Anarchy and the struggle for power -- Wealth and power -- The primacy of land power -- Strategies for survival -- Great powers in action -- The offshore balancers -- Balancing versus buck-passing -- The causes of great power war -- Can China rise peacefully?
Mearsheimer has a reputation for his extreme realism, wherein he argues that states are inherently and universally driven to gain power above all else. This text embodies this line of thinking, which he calls 'offensive realism'.