Balancing Risks : Great Power Intervention in the Periphery /

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Great powers often initiate risky military and diplomatic inventions in far-off, peripheral regions that pose no direct threat to them, risking direct confrontation with rivals in strategically inconsequential places. Why do powerful countries behave in a way that leads to entrapment in prolonged, e...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Taliaferro, Jeffrey W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Series:Cornell studies in security affairs.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Imperialism > History > 20th century.
World politics > 20th century.
Impérialisme > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Politique mondiale > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
Imperialism
World politics
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Tables and Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Note on Translations, Romanization, and Stylistic Conventions
  • 1. Power Politics and the Balance of Risk
  • 2. Explaining Great Power Involvement in the Periphery
  • 3. Germany and the 1905 Morocco Crisis
  • 4. Japan and the 1940-41 War Decisions
  • 5. The United States and the Korean War (1950-51)
  • 6. The Limits of Great Power Intervention in the Periphery
  • 7. Implications of the Argument
  • Notes
  • Index

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