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When right makes might : rising powers and world order / Stacie E. Goddard.
LIBRA JZ1310 .G73 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goddard, Stacie E., 1974- author.
- Series:
- Cornell studies in security affairs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great powers--History--19th century.
- Great powers.
- Great powers--History--20th century.
- Middle powers--History--19th century.
- Middle powers.
- Middle powers--History--20th century.
- World politics--19th century.
- World politics.
- World politics--20th century.
- International relations--Case studies.
- International relations.
- History.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- "Analyzes the question of whether great powers choose to accommodate, contain, or confront a rising power depends on the legitimacy of the challenger's expansionist aims"-- Provided by publisher.
- 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 accomodation 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Goddard, Stacie E., 1974- When right makes might.
- ISBN:
- 9781501730306
- 1501730304
- OCLC:
- 1028910935
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