IR Theory, Historical Analogy, and Major Power War

• Main Author: Gardner, Hall (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: International relations.; Peace.; Globalization.; International Relations Theory.; Conflict Studies.

This book critically examines elements of America-First nationalism, neo-conservatism, neo-realism, neo-liberalism, environmental theories, and social constructionism by way of developing an "alternative realist" approach to the study of the origins of major power war. The author critiques...

Table of Contents:

• 1. The Cold War is Dead! Long Live the Cold War!
• 2. Alternative Realism and a Critical Comparative Historical Method
• 3. A Critique of Polarity and Sovereignty
• 4. Uneven Polycentrism, Alliances, and Global Hegemony
• 5. Radical Disaccord and International Diplomacy
• 6. States, IGOs, NGOs, Alt-State, and Anti-State Actors
• 7. Fracturing of the Collaborative US-Soviet "Double Containment"
• 8. The Gorbachev and Yeltsin Transition: From the Pre-World War I to the Interwar Analogy
• 9. Uprooting Demons of the Past
• 10. Averting Armageddon.