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Myths of Empire
2013
Overview
\" 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
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 insights
run counter to much that has been written about these apparently
familiar instances of empire building.
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 insights
run counter to much that has been written about these apparently
familiar instances of empire building.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Subject
/ america's cold war consensus
/ defense
/ domestic sources of international conflict
/ early twentieth century germany
/ HISTORY
/ imperial and commonwealth history
/ international relations history
/ international relations studies
/ Modern
/ POLITICAL SCIENCE & POLITICAL HISTORY
/ POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism
/ POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy
/ POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International)
/ Security (National & International)
/ social imperialism in victorian britain
/ soviet politcs and strategic learning
ISBN
9780801425325, 0801425328, 0801497647, 9780801497643
