{"product_id":"over-the-horizon-david-m-edelstein-9781501748455","title":"Over the Horizon: Time, Uncertainty, and the Rise of Great Powers","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow do established powers react to growing competitors? The United States currently faces a dilemma with regard to China and others over whether to embrace competition and thus substantial present-day costs or collaborate with its rivals to garner short-term gains while letting them become more powerful. This problem lends considerable urgency to the lessons to be learned from \u003ci\u003eOver the Horizon\u003c\/i\u003e. David M. Edelstein analyzes past rising powers in his search for answers that point the way forward for the United States as it strives to maintain control over its competitors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdelstein focuses on the time horizons of political leaders and the effects of long-term uncertainty on decision-making. He notes how state leaders tend to procrastinate when dealing with long-term threats, hoping instead to profit from short-term cooperation, and are reluctant to act precipitously in an uncertain environment. To test his novel theory, Edelstein uses lessons learned from history's great powers: late nineteenth-century Germany, the United States at the turn of the twentieth century, interwar Germany, and the Soviet Union at the origins of the Cold War. \u003ci\u003eOver the Horizon\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that cooperation between declining and rising powers is more common than we might think, although declining states may later regret having given upstarts time to mature into true threats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David M. Edelstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501748459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501748455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d","brand":"David M. Edelstein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983684403455,"sku":"9781501748455","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3059b0b8-602a-404f-b081-9b4cf2adb7cb.jpg?v=1683268119","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/over-the-horizon-david-m-edelstein-9781501748455","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}