The Fall of Great Powers: Peace, Stability & Legitimacy

by Geir Lundestad

Book Overview

The rapid collapse of the Soviet Union produced many dramatic effects, some of them considered beneficial (the ending of the Cold War, disarmament, self-determination for Eastern Europe); others negative (ethnic conflict in the old Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, instability in general). This study investigates why great powers fall, analyzing not only the Soviet case, but also Britain, Austria-Hungary, Germany and the USA. Proceeding from this, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8200039471
• ISBN13: 9788200039471
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Scandinavian University Press
• Length: 414 Pages