Predation theory -- A formerly-Great Britain : predicting U.S. and Soviet strategy -- The American and Soviet response to Britain's decline -- Watching the Soviet Union decline : assessing change and predicting U.S. strategy -- U.S. strategy and the decline of the Soviet Union -- Conclusion : rising powers, the fate of declining states, and the future of great power politics.
Summary:
"Explores the strategies that rising powers adopt toward declining powers and asks why newly powerful states often choose not to take immediate advantage of a former power's weaknesses but rather support and manage that decline in a peaceable fashion"--Provided by publisher.
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