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The Challenge of Hegemony explains how international forces subtly influence foreign, economic, and security policies of declining world powers. Using detail-rich case studies, this sweeping study integrates domestic and systemic policy to explain these countries' grand strategies. The book concludes with a discussion of the implications for the future of American foreign policy.

"His conceptually rigorous and tightly reasoned study . . . reminds us that power is never value neutral but organizes commercial systems in liberal or imperial terms."
---Perspectives on Politics

"Lobell's book is tightly written, nicely argued and thoroughly researched to a fault. He seems to delight in historical detail. The complexity of his approach is refreshing."
---International Affairs

"The Challenge of Hegemony is a pleasure to read. It is both theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich."
---International Studies Review

"The Challenge of Hegemony offers a compelling reinterpretation of key historical cases and provides wise guidance as to how the United States should wield its power today."
--Charles A. Kupchan, Council on Foreign Relations

"Lobell demonstrates clearly how the international environment confronting great powers interacts with their domestic political coalitions to produce different grand strategies. Through a masterful sweep of history, Lobell shows us the alternative trajectories before the United States today."
--David A. Lake, University of California, San Diego

Table of Contents

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  1. Cover
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  1. Frontmatter
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  1. Contents
  2. p. vii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. 1 Introduction
  2. pp. 1-17
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  1. 2 Second Image Reversed Plus a Second Image
  2. pp. 19-41
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  1. 3 Liberal Contenders and Britain’s Grand Strategy of Cooperation 1889-1912
  2. pp. 43-84
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  1. 4 Imperial Contenders and Britain’s Grand Strategy of Restrained Punishment, 1932-1939
  2. pp. 85-121
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  1. 5. Imperial Contenders and Spain's Grand Strategy of Punishment, 1621-1640
  2. pp. 123-151
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  1. 6 Great Power Tenure
  2. pp. 153-171
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  1. Appendix
  2. pp. 173-174
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 175-199
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  1. Bibliography
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  1. Index
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