The next great war? : the roots of World War I and the risk of US-China conflict / Richard N. Rosecrance and Steveb E. Miller, ed.
Series: Belfer Center Studies in International SecurityPublication details: Cambridge : MIT Press , 2014Description: XXIII, 285 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 978-0-262-02899-8
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A century ago, Europe's diplomats mismanaged the crisis triggered by the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and the continent plunged into World War I, which killed millions, toppled dynasties, and destroyed empires. Today, as the hundredth anniversary of the Great War prompts renewed debate about the war's causes, scholars and policy experts are also considering the parallels between the present international system and the world of 1914. Are China and the United States fated to follow in the footsteps of previous great power rivals? Will today's alliances drag countries into tomorrow's wars? Can leaders manage power relationships peacefully? Or will East Asia's territorial and maritime disputes trigger a larger conflict, just as rivalries in the Balkans did in 1914?