The Weary Titan Britain and the Experience of Relative Decline, 1895-1905
- Author/Creator:
- Friedberg, Aaron L., 1956-
- Publication/Creation:
- Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2010
- Resource Type:
- Book
- Edition:
- Reissue, with a new afterword by the author.
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- The Weary Titan Britain and the Experience of Relative Decline, 1895-1905 / Aaron L. Friedberg
- Related/Included Titles:
- Frontmatter --
Contents --
List of Tables and Maps --
Preface --
List of Abbreviations --
One. International Relations Theory and the Assessment of National Power --
Two. Economic Power: The Loss of Industrial Preeminence --
Three. Financial Power: The Growing Burdens of Empire --
Four. Sea Power: The Surrender of Worldwide Supremacy --
Five. Land Power: The Dilemma of Indian Defense --
Six. Change, Assessment, and Adaptation --
Seven. Britain and the Experience of Relative Decline --
Afterword to the 2010 Edition --
Bibliography --
Index
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Great Britain--Military policy
Great Britain--Economic policy
Great Britain--History, Military--20th century
Great Britain--History, Military--19th century
Great Britain--Economic conditions--20th century
Great Britain--Economic conditions--19th century
Great Britain--Foreign relations--1837-1901
Great Britain--Foreign relations--1901-1910
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Maps -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- One. International Relations Theory and the Assessment of National Power -- Two. Economic Power: The Loss of Industrial Preeminence -- Three. Financial Power: The Growing Burdens of Empire -- Four. Sea Power: The Surrender of Worldwide Supremacy -- Five. Land Power: The Dilemma of Indian Defense -- Six. Change, Assessment, and Adaptation -- Seven. Britain and the Experience of Relative Decline -- Afterword to the 2010 Edition -- Bibliography -- Index
- Summary:
- How do statesmen become aware of unfavorable shifts in relative power, and how do they seek to respond to them? These are puzzles of considerable importance to theorists of international relations. As national decline has become an increasingly prominent theme in American political debate, these questions have also taken on an immediate, pressing significance. The Weary Titan is a penetrating study of a similar controversy in Britain at the turn of the twentieth century. Drawing on a wide variety of sources, Aaron Friedberg explains how England's rulers failed to understand and respond to the initial evidence of erosion in their country's industrial, financial, naval, and military power. The British example suggests that statesmen may be slow to recognize shifts in international position, in part because they rely heavily on simple but often distorting indicators of relative capabilities. In a new afterword, Friedberg examines current debates about whether America is in decline, arguing that American power will remain robust for some time to come.
- Language:
- English
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- General Note:
- 1e dr.: 1988.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9937320177502486
- ISBN:
- 1-4008-3640-9
- OCLC Number:
- 1250081157
1273306373
1257324876 - Other Identifiers:
- doi: 10.1515/9781400836406
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