After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order after Major Wars, New Edition

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By G. John Ikenberry

Published June 26, 2019

After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order after Major Wars, New Edition (Princeton University Press) is a study of how winning states rebuild stability and order with their newfound power. G. John Ikenberry examines postwar settlements in modern history and explains how the spread of the democracy and the openness of the American polity allow the U.S. to lead as an example in a new world order.

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