The next great war? the roots of World War I and the risk of U.S.-China conflict /œcedited by Richard N.Rosecrance and Steven E. Miller

A century ago, Europe's diplomats mismanaged the crisis triggered by the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, plunging the continent into World War I which killed millions, toppled dynasties, and destroyed empires. Today as the hundredth anniversary of the Great War prompts renewed de...

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Other Authors: Rosecrance, Richard N. (Editor), Miller, Steven E. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA The MIT Press 2015
Series:Belfer Center studies in international security
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : The Sarajevo Centenary, 1914 and the rise of China / Steven E. Miller
  • Power balances, alliance ties, and diplomacy. Before the War : three styles of diplomacy / Alan Alexandroff ; Respites or resolutions? recurring crises and the origins of war / Arthur A. Stein ; Better now than later : the paradox of 1914 as everyone's favored year for war / Jack Snyder ; Allies, overbalance, and war / Richard N. Rosecrance ; Economic interdependence and war / Richard N. Cooper
  • Debating the Thucydides Trap. The Thucydides Trap / Graham Allison ; Thucydides dethroned : historical differences that weaken the Peloponnesian analogy / David K. Richards ; Thucydides, alliance politics, and great power conflict / Charles S. Maier
  • The inside story : domestic factors and the roots of war, then and now. War, revolution, and the uncertain primacy of domestic politics / T.G. Otte ; Domestic coalitions, internationalization, and war : then and now / Etel Solingen ; European militaries and the origins of World War I / Stephen Van Evera
  • A century after Sarajevo : taking stock and looking forward. Inevitability and war / Joseph S. Nye Jr. ; Lessons from Europe 1914 for Asia 2014 : reflections on the centenary of the outbreak of World War I / Kevin Rudd ; Contingency as a cause (or little things mean a lot) / Richard N. Rosecrance