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Balancing risks : great power intervention in the periphery /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Taliaferro, Jeffrey W.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2004.
Series:Cornell studies in security affairs.
Subjects:
World politics > 20th century.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1901-1910.
Japan > Foreign relations > 1912-1945.
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1953.
Imperialism > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Power politics and the balance of risk
  • Explaining great power involvement in the periphery
  • Germany and the 1905 Morocco crisis
  • Japan and the 1940-41 war decisions
  • The United States and the Korean War (1950-51)
  • The limits of great power intervention in the periphery
  • Implications of the argument.