The Return of Great Power Rivalry: Democracy versus Autocracy from the Ancient World to the U.S. and China

305 Pages·2020·5.907 MB·English

by  Matthew Kroenig

The Return of Great Power Rivalry

The Return of Great
Matthew Kroenig
Power Rivalry
Democracy versus Autocracy
from the Ancient World to the
U.S. and China
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CONTENTS
Also by Matthew Kroenig ix
Preface xi
Introduction 1
PART I Democracy versus Autocracy
1 The Democratic Advantage in Theory 11
2 The Autocratic Advantage? 36
PART II The Democratic Advantage in History
3 The Democratic Advantage by the Numbers 53
4 Athens, Sparta, and Persia 61
5 The Roman Republic, Carthage, and
Macedon 71
6 The Venetian Republic, the Byzantine Empire,
and the Duchy of Milan 87
7 The Dutch Republic and the Spanish
Empire 99
8 Great Britain and France 113
9 The United Kingdom and Germany 126
10 The United States and the Soviet Union 138
PART III The Democratic Advantage Today
11 The Russian Federation 155
12 The People’s Republic of China 170
13 The United States of America 196
PART IV The Democratic Advantage in the
Future
14 Implications for American Leadership 213
Notes 225
Bibliography 245
Index 261
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