Crimea, Global Rivalry, and the Vengeance of History

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. General Introduction

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   Pages 1-15

3. Renewed Cold War? World War II? World War I? Or Nothing of the Kind?

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   Pages 17-28

4. Genesis of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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   Pages 29-41

5. Soviet Collapse and the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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   Pages 43-57

6. Origins of the Russian Backlash

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   Pages 59-79

7. Uneven Polycentrism and the Global Crisis

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   Pages 81-97

8. A Cross-Historical Method

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   Pages 99-125

9. Why Major-Power War Is Still Possible, Though Not Inevitable!

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   Pages 127-147

10. Future Pessimistic Scenarios

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    Pages 149-167

11. Once, and If, the Dust Settles

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    Pages 169-197

12. Back Matter

    Pages 199-252

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Gardner examines the causes and consequences of Russia's annexation of Crimea. By analyzing alliance formations and the consequences of other annexations in world history, the book urges an alternative US-NATO-European-Japanese strategy toward both Russia and China in the effort to prevent a renewed arms race, if not global war.

• Crimea
• Ukraine
• Russia
• Russian-Ukrainian relations
• Euromaidan protests
• Black Sea
• Caucasus
• origins or causes of war
• geopolitics
• Seven Years War
• Napoleonic Wars
• Crimean War
• World War I
• World War II
• World War III
• Cold War
• post-Cold War
• Gorbachev
• Yeltsin
• Putin

Hall Gardner is Professor and Chair of the International and Comparative Politics Department at American University of Paris, France.

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