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Unanswered Threats : Political Constraints on the Balance of Power.
Why have states throughout history regularly underestimated dangers to their survival? Why have some states been able to mobilize their material resources effectively to balance against threats, while others have not been able to do so? The phenomenon of "underbalancing" is a common but wo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; INTRODUCTION: Balance of Power and the Puzzle of Underbalancing Behavior; CHAPTER ONE: Prudence in Managing Changes in the Balance of Power; CHAPTER TWO: A Theory of Underbalancing: A Neoclassical Realist Explanation; CHAPTER THREE: Great-Power Case Studies: Interwar France and Britain, and France, 1877-1913; CHAPTER FOUR: Small-Power Case Studies: Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, and the War of the Triple Alliance, 1864-1870; CHAPTER FIVE: Why Are States So Timid? State Coherence and Expansion in the Age of Mass Politics; Notes; Bibliography.