Arthur M Eckstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 1131372 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arthur M Eckstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arthur M |
| FAMILY NAME | Eckstein |
| SIGNATURE | ECKSTEIN A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 40 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 139 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 40 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Armed Marxist Revolutionaries and the FBI's Attempts to Curb Domestic Upheaval, 1968–1978
Daniel S. Chard, Nixon's War at Home: The FBI, Leftist Guerrillas, and the Origins of Counterterrorism. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2021. 355 pp. $32.95.Daniel Chard's Nixon's War at Home is a study of terrorism and counterterrorism in the United States as it developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It is a well-written but flawed book that raises serious questions about the effectiveness of government action against smal…
Jackal Bandwagoning’? The Achaean League Shifts Alliances from Macedon to Rome, Autumn 198 B.C
How states choose allies is one of the most important theoretical and practical questions in international politics. A central debate in the study of international politics is the frequency of ‘balancing’ against a rising state vs. ‘bandwagoning’ with such a rising state. This was an issue in antiquity as in the modern world. The Achaean League was a sophisticated Greek federal state. Its decision in autumn 198 B.C. to suddenly change its long-st…
Diplomatic practice among the Hellenistic great powers: A review article
In this interesting study, John Grainger, an independent scholar of enormous productivity, argues that it is possible to discern a set of accepted diplomatic practices which were generally followed
Crash Course: From the Good War to the Forever War
There are two fundamental ways of discussing the roots of foreign policy. One is Primat der Innenpolitik (“the primacy of domestic politics”), the view that domestic policy and the needs of the domestic economic structure determine foreign policy. The other is Primat der Aussenpolitik (“the primacy of external relations”), the view that pressure from external competitors and predators is what determines foreign policy. The debate is not over whet…
Rome, Empire, and the Hellenistic State-system
Hegemony and Annexation beyond the Adriatic, 230–146 BC
Macedonian wars
Four wars fought between the Kingdom of Macedon and its allies, and the republic of Rome and its allies, the Macedonian wars took place between ca. 215 and 148 BCE .
Phoenice, treaty of
This treaty of peace concluded the First Macedonian War ( see Macedonian Wars), between Rome and Macedon, in 205 BCE ( Staatsverträge III 543).
Kynoskephalai, Battle of
Fought in June 197 BCE , the Battle of Kynoskephalai was the decisive military encounter of the Second Macedonian War.
Polybius, ‘The Treaty of Philinus’, and Roman Accusations Against Carthage
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The Character of Pre-modern Interstate Diplomacy
The Comedy of Errors? A Reply to Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni
In her response to our article, Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni replaces balance-of-power theory (threat of hegemony begets balancing, which produces a tendency of international systems toward equilibria of power) with a complex congeries of competing and contingent conjectures about when states might balance. While these are certainly part of the extensive literature on the balance of power, lumping them together and calling them a `theory' invites a…
Ancient ‘International Law’, the Aetolian League, and the Ritual of Unconditional Surrender to Rome: A Realist View
Rome Enters the Greek East: From Anarchy to Hierarchy in the Hellenistic Mediterranean, 230–170 BC
Intra-Greek Balancing, the Mediterranean Crisis of c. 201-200 BCE, and the Rise of Rome
In AD 1519 the main geopolitical problem faced by the people of the city-state of Tlaxcala on the high plateau of Mexico was their oppression by their neighbors, the fearsome Aztecs. Then a new force appeared on the Mexican geopolitical scene, a force with which the Tlaxcaltecans eagerly allied in order to balance the power of Tenochtitlan. They helped this new force defeat the Aztec army, and many scholars believe that without the help of the Tl…
Clandestine Agent: The Real Agnes Smedley
This essay reviews a new biography of Agnes Smedley, a radical American writer and journalist who secretly worked for the Soviet Union and the Chinese Communist Party on various endeavors, including espionage. When Smedley was accused in the late 1940s of having been a Soviet spy, she staunchly denied the allegations and depicted herself as an innocent victim of a McCarthyite smear. Ruth Price, the author of the new biography, initially expected …
Paul Hollander, The End of Commitment: Intellectuals, Revolutionaries, and Political Morality
July 01 2007 Paul Hollander, The End of Commitment: Intellectuals, Revolutionaries, and Political Morality Arthur Eckstein Arthur Eckstein Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Arthur Eckstein Online Issn: 1531-3298 Print Issn: 1520-3972 © 2007 Massachusetts Institute of Technology2007 Journal of Cold War Studies (2007) 9 (3): 187–191. https://doi.org/10.1162/jcws.2007.9.3.187 Cite Icon …
Testing Balance-of-Power Theory in World History
The balance of power is one of the most influential theoretical ideas in international relations, but it has not yet been tested systematically in international systems other than modern Europe and its global successor. This article is the product of a collective and multidisciplinary research effort to redress this deficiency. We report findings from eight new case studies on balancing and balancing failure in different international systems tha…
Bellicosity and Anarchy: Soldiers, Warriors, and Combat in Antiquity
(2005). Bellicosity and Anarchy: Soldiers, Warriors, and Combat in Antiquity. The International History Review: Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 481-497
Persia and the Greeks: Failure of an Empire
GEORGE CAWKWELL. The Greek Wars: The Failure of Persia. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Pp. 316. $195.00 (CDN). Reviewed by Arthur M. Eckstein
Sam Peckinpah's West: New Perspectives
Journal Article Sam Peckinpah's West: New Perspectives Get access Sam Peckinpah's West: New Perspectives. Edited by Engel Leonard. (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2003. viii + 268 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographies, index. $21.95, paper.) Arthur M. Eckstein Arthur M. Eckstein University of Maryland, College Park Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 35, Issue…
The Original Rockumentary
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival USA 1968 DVD USA 2003 Alice in Wonderland United Kingdom 1966 The Year of the Sex Olympics United Kingdom 1968 DVD United Kingdom 2003 DVD United Kingdom 2003 Ladies of the Bois of Boulogne Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne France 1945 DVD USA 2003 The King of Comedy USA 1983 DVD USA 2002 Tokyo Olympiad Tokyo Orimpikku Japan 1965 DVD USA 2002 The White Sheik Lo sceicco bianco Italy 1952 DVD USA 2003
Film reviews
Fascinating Fascism Hero Ying xiong China 2002 An Actor's Revenge Yukinojo henge Japan 1962 DVD United Kingdom 2002 Bob le Flambeur France 1955 DVD USA 2002 La Commune (Paris 1871) France 2001 DVD France, 2002 Hearts and Minds USA 1974 DVD USA 2002 The Killers 2 The Killers USA 1946 The Killers USA 1964 DVD USA 2002 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp United Kingdom 1943 DVD USA 2002 Solaris 2 Solaris Solyaris USSR 1972 DVD USA 2002 Solaris USA 2…
Thucydides, the Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, and the Foundation of International Systems Theory
Realism dominated the modern study of international systems. Contemporary realists, who claim Thuc dides, the ancient historian of the Peloponnesian War (fought 431-404 bc), as the founder of their school, most often cite 1.23.5-6, his summary of the causes of the war, in support of their claim. This article argues that important realist conclusions drawn from Thucydides rest on the habitual use of careless translations. They leave the impression…
The Logistics of the Roman Army at War (264 BC-AD 235)
The Triumviral Narratives of Appian and Cassius Dio
Rome Enters the Greek East: From Anarchy to Hierarchy in the Hellenistic Mediterranean, 230–170 BC
Testing Balance-of-Power Theory in World History
The balance of power is one of the most influential theoretical ideas in international relations, but it has not yet been tested systematically in international systems other than modern Europe and its global successor. This article is the product of a collective and multidisciplinary research effort to redress this deficiency. We report findings from eight new case studies on balancing and balancing failure in different international systems tha…
The First Punic War: A Military History
Rome and Carthage The evidence The origins of the conflict First steps in Sicily, 264--261 The creation of the Roman navy, 260--257 The invasion of Africa, 256--255 The war in Sicily, 255--249 Stalemate in Sicily
Darkening Ethan: John Ford's "The Searchers" (1956) from Novel to Screenplay to Screen
Some film scholars charge that director John Ford was complicit in the savage racism of The Searchers' central character, Ethan Edwards. This essay demonstrates that Ford viewed Ethan as a negative, psychologically damaged, and tragic figure. By comparing the changes made from the source novel to the shooting script to the finalfilm, a constant darkening of Ethan's personality is revealed-most of it directly attributable to director John Ford
Philhellenisme et imperialisme: Aspects ideologiques de la conquete romaine du monde hellenistique
The Comedy of Errors? A Reply to Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni
In her response to our article, Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni replaces balance-of-power theory (threat of hegemony begets balancing, which produces a tendency of international systems toward equilibria of power) with a complex congeries of competing and contingent conjectures about when states might balance. While these are certainly part of the extensive literature on the balance of power, lumping them together and calling them a `theory' invites a…
Senate and General: Individual Decision-Making and Roman Foreign Relations, 264-194 B.C
Pharos and the Question of Roman Treaties of Alliance in the Greek East in the Third Century B.C.E
Senate and General: Individual Decision Making and Roman Foreign Relations, 264-194 B.C
After the Rescue: The Searchers , the Audience and Prime Cut (1972)
Is there a 'Hobson-Lenin is'on late nineteenth-century colonial expansion
T hirty years ago, Fieldhouse (building, to be sure, on the work of earlier 1 scholars) proposed the existence of a unified and coherent 'HobsonLenin thesis' concerning the origins of late nineteenth-century imperialism. According to Fieldhouse, the two great theories of imperialism propounded early in the twentieth century, that of Hobson (I902) and that of Lenin (i9i6), had much in common. Both theories were essentially concerned to explain the…
Hannibal at New Carthage: Polybius 3. 15 and the Power of Irrationality
Jackal Bandwagoning’? The Achaean League Shifts Alliances from Macedon to Rome, Autumn 198 B.C
How states choose allies is one of the most important theoretical and practical questions in international politics. A central debate in the study of international politics is the frequency of ‘balancing’ against a rising state vs. ‘bandwagoning’ with such a rising state. This was an issue in antiquity as in the modern world. The Achaean League was a sophisticated Greek federal state. Its decision in autumn 198 B.C. to suddenly change its long-st…
T. Quinctius Flamininus and the Campaign against Philip in 198 B. C
T. Quinctius Flamininus and the Campaign against Philip in 198 B. C
Senate and General: Individual Decision Making and Roman Foreign Relations, 264-194 B.C
Senate and General: Individual Decision-Making and Roman Foreign Relations, 264-194 B.C
Senate and General: Individual Decision-Making and Roman Foreign Relations, 264-194 B.C
Hannibal at New Carthage: Polybius 3. 15 and the Power of Irrationality
Philhellenisme et imperialisme: Aspects ideologiques de la conquete romaine du monde hellenistique
Is there a 'Hobson-Lenin is'on late nineteenth-century colonial expansion
T hirty years ago, Fieldhouse (building, to be sure, on the work of earlier 1 scholars) proposed the existence of a unified and coherent 'HobsonLenin thesis' concerning the origins of late nineteenth-century imperialism. According to Fieldhouse, the two great theories of imperialism propounded early in the twentieth century, that of Hobson (I902) and that of Lenin (i9i6), had much in common. Both theories were essentially concerned to explain the…
After the Rescue: The Searchers , the Audience and Prime Cut (1972)
Moral Vision in the Histories of Polybius
The Triumviral Narratives of Appian and Cassius Dio
Nine. Physis and Nomos: Polybius, the Romans, and Cato the Elder
Ancient Dominions
RICHARD A. BILLOWS. Kings and Colonists: Aspects of Macedonian Imperialism. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1995. Pp. xv, 240. $71.50 (US); ROBERT M. KALLET-MARX. Hegemony to Empire: The Development of the Roman Imperium in the Greek East from 148 to 62 BC. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. Pp. xiv, 428. $55.00 (US); SUSAN E. ALCOCK. Graecia Capta: The Landscapes of Roman Greece. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Pp. xxi, 307. $21.95…
The First Punic War: A Military History
Rome and Carthage The evidence The origins of the conflict First steps in Sicily, 264--261 The creation of the Roman navy, 260--257 The invasion of Africa, 256--255 The war in Sicily, 255--249 Stalemate in Sicily
Darkening Ethan: John Ford's "The Searchers" (1956) from Novel to Screenplay to Screen
Some film scholars charge that director John Ford was complicit in the savage racism of The Searchers' central character, Ethan Edwards. This essay demonstrates that Ford viewed Ethan as a negative, psychologically damaged, and tragic figure. By comparing the changes made from the source novel to the shooting script to the finalfilm, a constant darkening of Ethan's personality is revealed-most of it directly attributable to director John Ford
Pharos and the Question of Roman Treaties of Alliance in the Greek East in the Third Century B.C.E
The Logistics of the Roman Army at War (264 BC-AD 235)
The Original Rockumentary
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival USA 1968 DVD USA 2003 Alice in Wonderland United Kingdom 1966 The Year of the Sex Olympics United Kingdom 1968 DVD United Kingdom 2003 DVD United Kingdom 2003 Ladies of the Bois of Boulogne Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne France 1945 DVD USA 2003 The King of Comedy USA 1983 DVD USA 2002 Tokyo Olympiad Tokyo Orimpikku Japan 1965 DVD USA 2002 The White Sheik Lo sceicco bianco Italy 1952 DVD USA 2003
Film reviews
Fascinating Fascism Hero Ying xiong China 2002 An Actor's Revenge Yukinojo henge Japan 1962 DVD United Kingdom 2002 Bob le Flambeur France 1955 DVD USA 2002 La Commune (Paris 1871) France 2001 DVD France, 2002 Hearts and Minds USA 1974 DVD USA 2002 The Killers 2 The Killers USA 1946 The Killers USA 1964 DVD USA 2002 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp United Kingdom 1943 DVD USA 2002 Solaris 2 Solaris Solyaris USSR 1972 DVD USA 2002 Solaris USA 2…
Thucydides, the Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, and the Foundation of International Systems Theory
Realism dominated the modern study of international systems. Contemporary realists, who claim Thuc dides, the ancient historian of the Peloponnesian War (fought 431-404 bc), as the founder of their school, most often cite 1.23.5-6, his summary of the causes of the war, in support of their claim. This article argues that important realist conclusions drawn from Thucydides rest on the habitual use of careless translations. They leave the impression…
Sam Peckinpah's West: New Perspectives
Journal Article Sam Peckinpah's West: New Perspectives Get access Sam Peckinpah's West: New Perspectives. Edited by Engel Leonard. (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2003. viii + 268 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographies, index. $21.95, paper.) Arthur M. Eckstein Arthur M. Eckstein University of Maryland, College Park Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 35, Issue…
Bellicosity and Anarchy: Soldiers, Warriors, and Combat in Antiquity
(2005). Bellicosity and Anarchy: Soldiers, Warriors, and Combat in Antiquity. The International History Review: Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 481-497
Persia and the Greeks: Failure of an Empire
GEORGE CAWKWELL. The Greek Wars: The Failure of Persia. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Pp. 316. $195.00 (CDN). Reviewed by Arthur M. Eckstein
Intra-Greek Balancing, the Mediterranean Crisis of c. 201-200 BCE, and the Rise of Rome
In AD 1519 the main geopolitical problem faced by the people of the city-state of Tlaxcala on the high plateau of Mexico was their oppression by their neighbors, the fearsome Aztecs. Then a new force appeared on the Mexican geopolitical scene, a force with which the Tlaxcaltecans eagerly allied in order to balance the power of Tenochtitlan. They helped this new force defeat the Aztec army, and many scholars believe that without the help of the Tl…
Clandestine Agent: The Real Agnes Smedley
This essay reviews a new biography of Agnes Smedley, a radical American writer and journalist who secretly worked for the Soviet Union and the Chinese Communist Party on various endeavors, including espionage. When Smedley was accused in the late 1940s of having been a Soviet spy, she staunchly denied the allegations and depicted herself as an innocent victim of a McCarthyite smear. Ruth Price, the author of the new biography, initially expected …
Paul Hollander, The End of Commitment: Intellectuals, Revolutionaries, and Political Morality
July 01 2007 Paul Hollander, The End of Commitment: Intellectuals, Revolutionaries, and Political Morality Arthur Eckstein Arthur Eckstein Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Arthur Eckstein Online Issn: 1531-3298 Print Issn: 1520-3972 © 2007 Massachusetts Institute of Technology2007 Journal of Cold War Studies (2007) 9 (3): 187–191. https://doi.org/10.1162/jcws.2007.9.3.187 Cite Icon …
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