Europe's Classical Balance of Power: A Case History of the Theory and Practice of One of the Great Concepts of European Statecraft HIS056000 ISBN10: 1505588715

ISBN10: 1505588715

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covering a variety of conversations from 2009 to 2011

Europe's Classical Balance of Power: A Case History of the Theory and Practice of One of the Great Concepts of European Statecraft HIS056000 ISBN10: 1505588715What was the origin of the idea of the balance of power? How did European leaders apply its principles in actual practice? Widespread as the term "balance of power" has been, and vital as its principles have been in European statecraft, nevertheless study of its theory and practice has often been neglected by historians. A more complete understanding of the concept is arrived at in Edward Vose Gulick's well knit examination of the two questions posed