ISBN10: 0691010358, ISBN13: 9780691010359, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - What turns rich nations into great powers How do wealthy countries begin extending their influence abroad These questions are vital to understanding one of the most important sources of instability in international politics: the emergence of a new power. In From Wealth to Power, Fareed Zakaria seeks to answer these questions by examining the most puzzling case of a rising power in modern history--that of the United States.If rich nations routinely become great powers, Zakaria asks, then how do we explain the strange inactivity of the United States in the late nineteenth century By 1885, the U.S. was the richest country in the world. And yet, by all military, political, and diplomatic measures, it was a minor power. To explain this discrepancy, Zakaria considers a wide variety of cases between 1865 and 1908 when the U.S. considered expanding its influence in such diverse places as Canada, the Dominican Republic, and Iceland. Consistent with the realist theory of international relations, he argues that the President and his administration tried to increase the country's political influence abroad when they saw an increase in the nation's relative economic power. But they frequently had to curtail their plans for expansion, he shows, because they lacked a strong central government that could harness that ...
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ISBN10: 0691010358, ISBN13: 9780691010359, [publisher: Princeton Univ Pr] Softcover 216 pages. 9.25x6.24x0.50 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1999]

ISBN10: 0691010358, ISBN13: 9780691010359, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. What turns rich nations into great powers? How do wealthy countries begin extending their influence abroad? This book seeks to answer these questions by examining the most puzzling case of a rising power in modern history - that of the United States.
[Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1999]

Paperback / softback. New. What turns rich nations into great powers? How do wealthy countries begin extending their influence abroad? This book seeks to answer these questions by examining the most puzzling case of a rising power in modern history - that of the United States. ISBN 0691010358 9780691010359 [GB]