Deadly Imbalances: Tripolarity and Hitler's Strategy of World Conquest.(Review)

By Randall L. Schweller. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. 267p. $49.50 cloth, $18.50 paper.

Dan Reiter, Emory University

Randall Schweller is in line with the development of the realist theory of international relations, beginning with E. H. Cart and Hans Morgenthau, continuing more recently with Kenneth Waltz and Stephen Walt. This book has two goals, one theoretical and one historical. The theoretical goal is to extend and develop classical realism, particularly in regard to predictions about system structure and alliance behavior. The historical goal is to argue ...

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