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Using numerous case studies, MacDonald and Parent show how declining states tend to behave, the policy options they have, how rising states respond to those in decline, and what conditions reward particular strategic choices.
Paul K. MacDonald is associate professor of political science at Wellesley College. He is author of Networks of Domination.ParentJoseph M.:
Joseph M. Parent is associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. He is author of Uniting States and coauthor of American Conspiracy Theories.
"Twilight of the Titans is an important contribution to the literature on the grand strategies of great powers. The authors focus specifically on the question of whether retrenchment can be a successful grand strategy for declining great powers. As MacDonald and Parent correctly note, this topic is important not only for the academic study of international politics but also has important policy implications for the growing debate about how the United States should respond to rise of China, and the relative decline of American power. Twilight of the Titans is a must read for those participating, or interested, in the debate about America’s 21st century grand strategic options."
William C. Wohlforth, Daniel Webster Professor and Professor of Government, Dartmouth College:
"Twilight of the Titans provides perhaps the strongest counter to current pessimistic conventional wisdom on the dangers and challenges of the United States's decline vis-à-vis China as well as overall pessimism on the ability of major powers to act rationally and prudently. In lively prose, the authors present their theory crisply and clearly. They provide comprehensive empirical evaluation and are appropriately transparent about their methods. Twilight of the Titans will be relevant to a large swath of academic literature and has general implications for policy debates."
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