An authoritative 2007 analysis of the concept of the balance of power in international relations. Richard Little establishes an original framework that treats the concept as a metaphor, a myth and a model, and reassesses the visions of the balance of power by four scholars (Morgenthau, Bull, Waltz a...

An authoritative 2007 analysis of the concept of the balance of power in international relations. Richard Little establishes an original framework that treats the concept as a metaphor, a myth and a model, and reassesses the visions of the balance of power by four scholars (Morgenthau, Bull, Waltz and Mearsheimer).