ABSTRACT
How do we interpret the recent changes in world politics and what is the future likely to hold? The contributors to this volume share an assumption that history repeats itself. The book places the events of the past few years in broad historical context, examining how the political, military and economic arrangements of the past are reflected in current events. By tracing historical patterns in Western Europe, Russia, East Asia, Latin America and the United States, the contributors aim to provide a new perspective on the pressing questions and conflicts that characterize international politics now and in the years to come.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 5|28 pages
The Riddle of the Rhine
France, Germany, and the Geopolitics of European Integration, 1919—1992
chapter 6|26 pages
Transforming Russia
A Comparison of Reforms Under Alexander II and Mikhail Gorbachev