Liberal Internationalism and the Decline of the State : The Thought of Richard Cobden, David Mitrany, and Kenichi Ohmae (Palgrave Macmillan History of

This book provides a critical analysis of the liberal ideas of the decline of the state through a historical comparison. The liberal idea of the decline of the state is more of an ideological statement in response to political, social, and economic trends than an objective observation of an empirically verifiable fact.