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The Return of Great Power Rivalry: Democracy versus Autocracy from the Ancient World to the U.S. and China
Authored by Matthew Kroenig
Narrated by Joel Richards

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BOOK DESCRIPTION

The United States of America has been the most powerful country in the world for over seventy years, but recently the US National Security Strategy declared that the return of great power competition with Russia and China is the greatest threat to US national security. Further, many analysts predict that America's autocratic rivals will have at least some success in disrupting-and, in the longer term, possibly even displacing-US global leadership. Brilliant and engagingly written, The Return of Great Power Rivalry argues that this conventional wisdom is wrong. Drawing on an extraordinary range of historical evidence and the works of figures like Herodotus, Machiavelli, and Montesquieu and combining it with cutting-edge social science research, Matthew Kroenig advances the riveting argument that democracies tend to excel in great power rivalries. He contends that democracies actually have unique economic, diplomatic, and military advantages in long-run geopolitical competitions. He considers autocratic advantages as well, but shows that these are more than outweighed by their vulnerabilities. By advancing a "hard-power" argument for democracy, Kroenig demonstrates that despite its many problems, the US is better positioned to maintain a global leadership role than either Russia or China.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Matthew Kroenig is a professor of government and foreign service at Georgetown University and the deputy director of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council. He is the author of several books, including The Logic of American Nuclear Strategy.


Joel Richards was the kid who did crazy things just to have a good story to tell afterward. On deciding to make his affection his profession, he received a BFA in acting and a BA in English from the University of Utah. He has narrated over 150 audiobooks and continues to tell his original stories to live audiences.

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AUDIOBOOK DETAILS

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Language: English
Publisher: Tantor Media Inc
Published on: November 24, 2020
ISBN: 9781705265666
Duration: 10 hr, 11 min
Genres: Political Science / General, Political Science / Geopolitics, Political Science / History & Theory, Political Science / International Relations / General, Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Political Science / Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism