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Leadership in International Relations: The Balance of Power and the Origins of World War II
Ariel Ilan Roth
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Description for Leadership in International Relations: The Balance of Power and the Origins of World War II
Hardcover. Using the engaging case of British security policy between the world wars, this book argues that an effective balance of power, which is the key to a stable international system, is a deliberate act of policy and that leaders play a determinative role in building an effective balance. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPS; JWK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
Using the engaging case of British security policy between the world wars, this book argues that an effective balance of power, which is the key to a stable international system, is a deliberate act of policy and that leaders play a determinative role in building an effective balance.
Using the engaging case of British security policy between the world wars, this book argues that an effective balance of power, which is the key to a stable international system, is a deliberate act of policy and that leaders play a determinative role in building an effective balance.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
Number of Pages
201
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230106901
SKU
V9780230106901
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99-15
About Ariel Ilan Roth
ARIEL ILAN ROTH is Associate Director of National Security Studies at Johns Hopkins University, USA.
Reviews for Leadership in International Relations: The Balance of Power and the Origins of World War II
"In Leadership in International Relations, Ariel Ilan Roth makes an important contribution to the literature on balance of power by restoring the role of leaders and leadership. Examining Prime Ministers Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chamberlain in the 1930s, Roth goes beyond the findings of structural realist theories to account for why Britain did not balance effectively. Roth's account allows the ... Read more