TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mearsheimer,John J.
ED  - University of Chicago.
TI  - The tragedy of great power politics
SN  - 9780393349276
AV  - D397 .M38 2014
U1  - 909.81 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - W.W. Norton & Company
KW  - Balance of power
KW  - World politics
KW  - fast
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Great powers
KW  - International relations
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
N1  - First published as a Norton paperback 2003; Includes bibliographical references and index; Anarchy and the struggle for power -- Wealth and power -- The primacy of land power -- Strategies for survival -- Great powers in action -- The offshore balancers -- Balancing versus buck-passing -- The causes of great power war -- Can China rise peacefully?
N2  - The anarchy of the international system requires states to seek dominance at one another's expense, dooming even peaceful nations to a relentless power struggle. The best survival strategy is to become a regional hegemon and to make sure that no other hegemon emerges elsewhere. He predicts that China will attempt to dominate Asia while the US will be determined to remain the world's sole regional hegemon. The tragedy of great power politics is inescapable
ER  -