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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458064703321

Titolo

Dominoes and bandwagons [[electronic resource] ] : strategic beliefs and great power competition in the Eurasian rimland / / edited by Robert Jervis, Jack Snyder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991

ISBN

1-280-52455-3

0-19-536276-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JervisRobert <1940->

SnyderJack L

Disciplina

327.47073

Soggetti

International relations

Electronic books.

United States Foreign relations Soviet Union

Soviet Union Foreign relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.