The rise of global powers international politics in the era of the world wars

Does a system of great powers necessarily imply a struggle for world primacy? Do great states merely hold onto what is theirs, or do they reach for more? Anthony D'Agostino offers a fascinating new answer to these questions through a fundamental reassessment of the international history of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: D'Agostino, Anthony, 1937- (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press 2012
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  • The great powers at the dawn of world politics
  • Global origins of World War I: from the China scramble to the world crisis of 1904-1906
  • Global origins of World War I: a chain of revolutionary events across the world island
  • Balance and revolution, 1914-1918
  • A ragged peace, 1919
  • Scramble for Eurasia, 1919-1922
  • Drastic acts of unhappy powers, 1922-1923
  • Storms in the lull, 1924-1927
  • Politics and economics of the great slump, 1928-1933
  • A vogue for national economy
  • Mussolini's moment, 1933-1935
  • The global civil war, 1936-1937
  • Last years of peace, 1937-1939
  • The European war, 1939-1941
  • The world war
  • Balance and hegemony.