The Return of the Great Powers - Couverture rigide

Simms, Brendan

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ISBN 10 : 1541605837 ISBN 13 : 9781541605831

Editeur : Basic Books, 2026

Synopsis

From an acclaimed historian, a sweeping study of the past, present, and future of the Great Powers, revealing the new rules of global leadership.

“An exceedingly timely and very compelling book.” ―General David Petraeus, former director of the CIA

From the dawn of the modern era to the end of the Cold War, global history was defined by rivalries between Great Powers. In the West, this meant the struggle for supremacy in Europe and the Americas, while in the East, it encompassed those vying for control over the successor states to Genghis Khan’s empire. Between 1989 and the year 2000, Great Power rivalry temporarily gave way to globalization, with liberal democracy on the march and national chauvinism seemingly in retreat. But events of the past decade have made one thing abundantly clear: The Great Powers are back. 

In The Return of the Great Powers, renowned historian Brendan Simms offers a new history of the rise, fall, and return of the Great Powers in our time. He shows that over the past ten years or so, the major global actors have already resumed making decisions based on geopolitical rather than global economic considerations. 

Delivering a clear-eyed reckoning with today’s most pressing geopolitical issues, from the Ukraine war to the future of American dominance, The Return of the Great Powers insists that we can only understand the future of the Great Powers by looking to the history that forged them.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Brendan Simms is a professor in the history of international relations and fellow at Peterhouse College, Cambridge. He is the author of eight previous books, including Hitler’s American Gamble and Europe. He lives in Cambridge, UK. 

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Basic Books
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1541605837
• ISBN 13: 9781541605831
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 480
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• Personne responsable: non disponible