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Myths of Empire

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Description for Myths of Empire Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.

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 criticizes the traditional explanations offered by historians and political scientists.He tests three competing theories—realism, misperception, and domestic coalition politics—against five detailed case studies: early twentieth-century Germany, Japan in the interwar period, Great Britain in the Victorian era, the Soviet Union after World War II, and the United States during the Cold War. The resulting ... Read more

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Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Series
Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801497643
SKU
V9780801497643
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About J Snyder
Jack L. Snyder is Robert and Ren'e Belfer Professor of International Relations, Columbia University, and author of The Ideology of the Offensive, also from Cornell, and From Voting to Violence: Democratization and Nationalist Conflict.

Reviews for Myths of Empire
Myths of Empire offers the best-developed theory to date of the domestic sources of international conflict and security policy.... Snyder has taken a major step toward ending the theoretical impoverishment of the study of the domestic sources of international conflict.
American Political Science Review
In support of his case, Snyder draws upon recent research into the determinant of ... Read more

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