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The Return of Great Power Rivalry 1 Matthew Kroenig The Return of Great Power Rivalry Democracy versus Autocracy from the Ancient World to the U.S. and China 1 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America. © Matthew Kroenig 2020 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. CIP data is on file at the Library of Congress ISBN 978–0–19–008024–2 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed by Sheridan Books, Inc., United States of America To Eleanora CONTENTS Also by Matthew Kroenig ix Preface xi Introduction 1 PART I Democracy versus Autocracy 1 The Democratic Advantage in Theory 11 2 The Autocratic Advantage? 36 PART II The Democratic Advantage in History 3 The Democratic Advantage by the Numbers 53 4 Athens, Sparta, and Persia 61 5 The Roman Republic, Carthage, and Macedon 71 6 The Venetian Republic, the Byzantine Empire, and the Duchy of Milan 87 7 The Dutch Republic and the Spanish Empire 99 8 Great Britain and France 113 9 The United Kingdom and Germany 126 10 The United States and the Soviet Union 138 viii C o n t e n t s PART III The Democratic Advantage Today 11 The Russian Federation 155 12 The People’s Republic of China 170 13 The United States of America 196 PART IV The Democratic Advantage in the Future 14 Implications for American Leadership 213 Notes 225 Bibliography 245 Index 261 ALSO BY MATTHEW KROENIG Author or Coauthor The Logic of American Nuclear Strategy: Why Strategic Superiority Matters A Time to Attack: The Looming Iranian Nuclear Threat Exporting the Bomb: Technology Transfer and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons The Handbook of National Legislatures: A Global Survey Coeditor Nonproliferation Policy and Nuclear Posture: Causes and Consequences for the Spread of Nuclear Weapons Causes and Consequences of Nuclear Weapons Proliferation
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