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When right makes might : rising powers and world order /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goddard, Stacie E., 1974- (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Series:Cornell studies in security affairs.
Subjects:
Great powers > History > 19th century.
Great powers > History > 20th century.
Middle powers > History > 19th century.
Middle powers > History > 20th century.
World politics > 19th century.
World politics > 20th century.
International relations > Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The great powers' dilemma : uncertainty, intentions, and rising power politics
  • The politics of legitimacy : how a rising power's right makes might
  • America's ambiguous ambition : Britain and the accommodation of the United States, 1817-1823
  • Prussia's rule-bound revolution : Europe and the destruction of the balance of power, 1863-1864
  • Germany's rhetorical rage : Britain and the abandonment of appeasement, 1938-1939
  • Japan's folly : Manchuria and the turn to revolution, 1931-1933
  • Conclusion : legitimacy, power, and strategy.