Myths of Empire Domestic Politics and International Ambition

Name: Myths of Empire Domestic Politics and International Ambition
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ISBN: 9780801497643

ISBN-10: 0801497647

ISBN-13: 9780801497643

Edition: 2013

Authors: Jack L. Snyder

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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…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 3/28/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.17" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgments



The Myth of Security through Expansion



Three Theories of Overexpansion



Germany and the Pattern of Late Development



Japan's Bid for Autarky



Social Imperialism in Victorian Britain



Soviet Politics and Strategic Learning



America's Cold War Consensus



Overexpansion: Origins and Antidotes


Index