Paul Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History and Director of International Security Studies at Yale, is the author and editor of fifteen books, including
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. His latest book is
The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations. (November 2006)
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The Worst of Times?
November 2, 2006
The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West
by Niall Ferguson
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Mission Impossible?
June 10, 2004
Colossus: The Price of America’s Empire
by Niall Ferguson
The Geographical Pivot of History an article by Halford J. Mackinder
Democratic Ideals and Reality
by Halford J. Mackinder
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The Modern Machiavelli
November 7, 2002
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
by John J. Mearsheimer
No Virtue Like Necessity: Realist Thought in International Relations Since Machiavelli
by Jonathan Haslam
The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History
by Philip Bobbitt
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In the Shadow of the Great War
August 12, 1999
The First World War
by John Keegan
The Pity of War
by Niall Ferguson
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Doomsterism
September 19, 1996
The Ends of the Earth: A Journey at the Dawn of the 21st Century
by Robert D. Kaplan
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The American Prospect
March 4, 1993
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An Appeal
February 11, 1993
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Preparing for the 21st Century: Winners and Losers
February 11, 1993
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Is the US Declining?
October 11, 1990
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Fin-de-Siècle America
June 28, 1990
The Myth of America’s Decline: Leading the World Economy into the 1990s by Henry R. Nau
America’s Economic Resurgence: A Bold New Strategy by Richard Rosecrance
Peril and Promise: A Commentary on America by John Chancellor
Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power by Joseph S. Nye Jr.
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What to Do about Decline?
June 15, 1989
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Can the US Remain Number One?
March 16, 1989
The Weary Titan: Britain and the Experience of Relative Decline, 18951905
by Aaron L. Friedberg
The Future of American Strategy by David C. Hendrickson
Thinking About America: The United States in the 1990s edited by Annelise Anderson, edited by Dennis L. Bark
Preventing World War III: A Realistic Grand Strategy by David M. Abshire
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Not So Grand Strategy
May 12, 1988
Discriminate Deterrence: Report of the Commission on Integrated Long-Term Strategy co-chaired by Fred C. Iklé, by Albert Wohlstetter
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The Reasons Why
March 14, 1985
The Origins of the First World War by James Joll