TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schweller, Randall L
AU  - Schweller, Randall L
TI  - Deadly imbalances:  : tripolarity and Hitler's strategy of world conquest
SN  - 9780231110730
U1  - 327.101 SCH 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - New York
PB  -  : Columbia University Press
KW  - Political Science
KW  -  International relations
KW  - Balance of power
KW  - Polarity
KW  - Weltkrieg
KW  - Kriegsziel
KW  - Gleichgewichtspolitik
N1  - 	1. The Capabilities and Interests of the Major Powers --
2. A Study of Tripolar Systems --
3. State Responses to Threats and Opportunities --
4. Hitler's Tripolar Strategy --
5. The Path to War, 1935-1939 --
6. The Western and Polar Wars, 1939-1945 --
7. Conclusion
N2  - Looking at the structure of the international system, this work seeks to explain the causes of World War II. The author argues that the structure of the international system was tripolar, not multipolar and this must be considered in any examination of the antecedent causes and events of the war
ER  -