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by Brendan Simms
From an acclaimed historian, a sweeping study of the past, present, and future of the Great Powers, revealing the new rules of global leadership.
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 provocative way of looking at current and future developments on the international political scene." —Kikus Reviews
"Very, very occasionally a history book is written that shines powerful light on the state of contemporary geopolitics, and makes sense of a process that has been hiding in plain sight. Return of the Great Powers, with its profound perceptions about the present in the light of the past, is just such a work." ―Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill
"This wide-ranging and provocative analysis of our changing geopolitical environment underscores why Brendan Simms is one of the greatest contemporary scholars of international relations. Simm's narrative is replete with sharp observation and fine detail on key events, as well as clear explanation of critical concepts. It is as accessible to general audiences as it is valuable to fellow historians, and a genuine pleasure to read." ―Fiona Hill, author of There is Nothing for You Here
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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.
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