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The balance of power : stability in international systems / Emerson M.S. Niou, Peter C. Ordeshook, Gregory F. Rose.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Niou, Emerson M. S.
Other Authors:	Ordeshook, Peter C., 1942-, Rose, Gregory F.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Subjects:	Balance of power > Mathematical models. Political stability > Mathematical models.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Basic elements of a model and definitions of stability
3. System stability and the balance of power
4. Resource stability and the balance of power
5. Preventive war
6. Geography, balancers, and central powers
7. Great-power alliance formation, 1871-1914
8. European conflict resolution, 1875-1914
9. Summary and conclusions References and selected bibliography on European great-power relations, 1871-1914
Index.