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Myths of Empire : Domestic Politics and International Ambition /

Overextension is the common pitfall of empires. Why does it occur? What are the forces that cause the great powers of the industrial era to pursue aggressive foreign policies? Jack Snyder identifies recurrent myths of empire, describes the varieties of overextension to which they lead, and criticize...

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Auteur principal: Snyder, Jack L. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1991.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. The Myth Of Security Through Expansion
  • 2. Three Theories Of Overexpansion
  • 3. Germany And The Pattern Of Late Development
  • 4. Japan's Bid For Autarky
  • 5. Social Imperialism In Victorian Britain
  • 6. Soviet Politics And Strategic Learning
  • 7. America's Cold War Consensus
  • 8. Overexpansion: Origins And Antidotes
  • Index