A tentative evaluation of world power

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6284086
AutoresF Clifford German (University of Cambridge, autor de correspondencia)
Año1960
Volumen4
Número1
Páginas138-144
Fecha de publicación1960-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/002200276000400110
OpenAlexW2118490267
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas19

Throughout history the decisive factor in the fates of nations has usually been the number, efficiency, and disposition of fighting forces. This power has been in the hands of a few military leaders and has generally been used for direct military domination. Now, however, we are faced with a new situation. In spite of the existence of the hydrogen bomb and the perfected guided missile, the weapons of the nations are not overwhelmingly military, for the two major camps are unlikely, short of desperation, to seek a solution in war. Instead, these two groups are now engaged in a tactical, economic, and ideological conflict on a worldwide scale aimed at achieving paramount economic and political influence rather than at conquest. It follows that the weapons of the struggle are now more varied and depend on much more than major military and diplomatic leaders. It does, however, remain largely true that national influence bears a direct relationship to gross national strength; without that, the most exquisite statesmanship is likely to be of limited use. Even without nuclear war the outcome of

Development economics · Economics · Great power · Ideology · Missile · National security · Nuclear weapon · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · History · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Nuclear Issues and Defense