How Long to Read Following the Leader

How Long Does it Take to Read Following the Leader?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 50 minutes to read Following the Leader by Raymond C. Kuo

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Nations have powerful reasons to get their military alliances right. When security pacts go well, they underpin regional and global order; when they fail, they spread wars across continents as states are dragged into conflict. We would, therefore, expect states to carefully tailor their military partnerships to specific conditions. This expectation, Raymond C. Kuo argues, is wrong. Following the Leader argues that most countries ignore their individual security interests in military pacts, instead converging on a single, dominant alliance strategy. The book introduces a new social theory of strategic diffusion and emulation, using case studies and advanced statistical analysis of alliances from 1815 to 2003. In the wake of each major war that shatters the international system, a new hegemon creates a core military partnership to target its greatest enemy. Secondary and peripheral countries rush to emulate this alliance, illustrating their credibility and prestige by mimicking the dominant form. Be it the NATO model that seems so commonsense today, or the realpolitik that reigned in Europe of the late nineteenth century, a lone alliance strategy has defined broad swaths of diplomatic history. It is not states' own security interests driving this phenomenon, Kuo shows, but their jockeying for status in a world periodically remade by great powers.

How long is Following the Leader?

Following the Leader by Raymond C. Kuo is 285 pages long, and a total of 72,675 words.

This makes it 96% the length of the average book. It also has 89% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Following the Leader Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 37 minutes to read Following the Leader aloud.

What Reading Level is Following the Leader?

Following the Leader is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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