TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mearsheimer,John J.
TI  - The tragedy of great power politics
T2  - Norton series in world politics
SN  - 9780393349276 (pbk.)
U1  - 327.101 22
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - New York, London
PB  - W. W. Norton & Company
KW  - World politics
KW  - 19th century
KW  - BUEsh
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Great powers
KW  - International relations
KW  - BUSBOL
KW  - MASPPSS
KW  - November2019
KW  - Reading book
N1  - 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  -