TY - BOOK AU - Kocs,Stephen A. TI - International order: a political history SN - 9781626378100 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - JZ1308 .K63 2019 U1 - 327.09 23 PY - 2019/// CY - London PB - Lynne Rienner KW - International relations KW - History KW - Comparative government KW - Liberalism N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250) and index; The historical evolution of international order -- The dynastic system, 1300-1700 -- The balance-of-power system, 1700-1815 -- The Concert of Europe, 1815-1854 -- The revived Concert, 1871-1914 -- The first liberal system, 1919-1939 -- Liberal order and Cold War, 1945-1989 -- International order in the post-Cold War world -- What future for liberal order? N2 - "Traces the rise and fall of successive international systems from medieval times to the present, showing how international order is created, how it is maintained, and why it breaks down"-- ER -