No Common Power: Understanding International Relations

by Robert J. Lieber

No Common Power's focus on the intrinsic paradox of world politics provides the perfect forum for responding to the dramatic changes that have taken place in the international political system. The book is positioned at the intersection between the world of affairs and the world of ideas to provide an interesting, attention-grabbing approach designed to integrate recent events with key concepts and controversies at the foundation of the international system. The book focuses on conflict in the international system, watersheds in international relations, order and the “anarchical society” and anarchy, order, and constraint. For individuals interested in international relations and policy making.

Genres: College, International Relations

398 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Charles McGonigal · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good canvassing of 20th-century Western diplomacy, and provides an interesting photograph of the unipolar world of the 1990s coming off a successful invasion of Iraq by a President Bush. The mid-2000s book would read quite differently. I don't have a better recommendation, but I was disappointed in the writing style - I never forgot I was reading a textbook.

[Toni Daugherty · Rating 4 out of 5]

My favorite book in helping me to understand countries and the concepts of power struggles and power sharing. Read only if you like non-fiction