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Record Nr.

UNINA9910554250803321

Autore

Crawford Timothy W.

Titolo

The power to divide : wedge strategies in great power competition / / Timothy W. Crawford [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2021

ISBN

1-5017-5471-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource.)

Collana

Cornell studies in security affairs

Cornell scholarship online

Disciplina

327.116

Soggetti

Alliances - History - 20th century

World politics - 1900-1945

International relations - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Also issued in print: 2021.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : The Power to Divide in Alliance Politics -- The Theory of Selective Accommodation -- Germany Fails to Detach Japan, 1914-17 -- Germany Keeps the United States Neutral, 1914-16 -- The Entente Fails to Keep Turkey Neutral, 1914 -- The Entente Realigns Italy, 1915 -- Britain and France Fail to Neutralize Italy, 1936-40 -- Germany Divides the USSR from Britain and France, 1939 -- Britain and the United States Neutralize Spain, 1940-41 -- Germany Fails to Realign Turkey, 1941 -- When Does Selective Accommodation Work? Claims and Case Comparisons -- Selective Accommodation in Great Power Competition and U.S. Grand Strategy.

Sommario/riassunto

Timothy W. Crawford's 'The Power to Divide' examines the use of wedge strategies, a form of divisive statecraft designed to isolate adversaries from allies and potential supporters to gain key advantages.