Dominoes and bandwagons : strategic beliefs and Great power competition in the Eurasian rimland / edited by Robert Jervis & Jack Snyder.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jervis, Robert, 1940- editor.

Snyder, Jack L., editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

United States.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A collection of essays on military defence strategy, which considers historical applications of the "domino theory", the psychological dynamics of the US-Soviet relationship vis-a-vis Eurasian boundaries. It also examines whether the USSR actually infers a lack of resolve from American retreats.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. Domino Beliefs and Strategic Behavior; 3. Alliance Formation in Southwest Asia: Balancing and Bandwagoning in Cold War Competition; 4. Bandwagon Images in American Foreign Policy: Myth or Reality?; 5. The Truman Administration and Global Responsibilities: The Birth of the Falling Domino Principle; 6. Soviet Inferences from Their Victories in the Periphery: Visions of Resistance or Cumulating Gains?; 7. Soviet Perceptions of American Foreign Policy After Afghanistan

8. The Soviet Decision to Withdraw from Afghanistan: Changing Strategic and Regional Images9. Russian and Soviet Strategic Behavior in Asia; 10. Conclusion; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1991.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773322-0

1-280-52455-3

0-19-536276-4

OCLC:

191924759