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Record Nr.

UNINA9910315229803321

Autore

Goddard Stacie E. <1974->

Titolo

When Right Makes Might : Rising Powers and World Order / / Stacie Goddard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

9781501730320

1501730320

9781501730313

1501730312

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 pages)

Collana

Cornell studies in security affairs

Disciplina

327.1/1209034

Soggetti

International relations

World politics - 20th century

World politics - 19th century

Middle powers - History - 20th century

Middle powers - History - 19th century

Great powers - History - 20th century

Great powers - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--