How Louis XIV Survived His Hegemonic Bid (eBook)

The Lessons of the Sun King’s War Termination

Dylan Motin (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
82 Seiten
Anthem Press (Verlag)
978-1-83999-614-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Why do some great powers survive their hegemonic bids, while others lose everything? France's Louis XIV stands out among modern aspiring hegemons as the only one to leave his country intact, even larger than he found it. Similar to other potential hegemons, Louis fought general wars he failed to win decisively. But Louis would often negotiate peace from a position of strength while other aspiring hegemons generally fought to the finish, thus solidifying uncompromising balancing coalitions. This eagerness to pursue peace from a position of strength mollified opposing coalitions and allowed France to extract some gains, however limited. This book helps us understand how wars with today's aspiring hegemons could end.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.9.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Balance of Power • Balancing • Dutch War • Early Modern Europe • French foreign policy • Great Power Politics • hegemony • historical international relations • International Security • Louis XIV • major war • Military power • Modern European International Relations • Neorealism • peace negotiations • Potential Hegemons • Power Shift • Prudence • Realism • Seventeenth-Century Diplomacy • War of the League of Augsburg • War of the Spanish Succession • War Termination
• ISBN-10: 1-83999-614-5 / 1839996145
• ISBN-13: 978-1-83999-614-6 / 9781839996146