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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787471103321

Autore

Rock Stephen R.

Titolo

Appeasement in international politics / / Stephen R. Rock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2000

©2000

ISBN

0-8131-3228-2

0-8131-5856-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Disciplina

327.1/1

Soggetti

Diplomacy

Detente

International relations

Deterrence (Strategy)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; 1 The Study of Appeasement; THE CRITIQUE OF APPEASEMENT; THE NEED FOR RECONSIDERATION; TOWARD A THEORY OF APPEASEMENT; DEFINING APPEASEMENT; OBJECTIVES OF APPEASEMENT; HOW APPEASEMENT REDUCES TENSIONS; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONS ON APPEASEMENT; SELECTION OF CASES; APPEASEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT; 2 British Appeasement of the United States, 1896-1903; BRITAIN'S APPEASEMENT POLICY, 1896-1903; BRITISH OBJECTIVES AND CALCULATIONS; U.S. MOTIVES AND OBJECTIVES; BRITAIN'S APPEASEMENT STRATEGY

AMERICAN RECEPTIVITY TO BRITISH CONCESSIONS CONCLUSION; 3 British Appeasement of Germany, 1936-1939; THE ROOTS OF BRITISH POLICY; PASSIVE APPEASEMENT, 1935-1936; THE QUEST FOR A GENERAL SETTLEMENT; THE PIECEMEAL APPROACH; GERMAN AIMS AND BRITISH CONCESSIONS; THE ABSENCE OF CONSTRAINTS ON GERMAN POLICY; BRITAIN'S NON-RESPONSE TO SIGNS OF FAILURE; APPEASEMENT AND THE FAILURE OF DETERRENCE IN POLAND; CONCLUSION; 4 Anglo-American Appeasement of the Soviet Union, 1941-1945; PREVENTING A SEPARATE PEACE, 1941-1943



SEEKING SOVIET COOPERATION IN THE PACIFIC WAR AND POSTWAR COLLECTIVE SECURITY, 1943-1945 AVOIDING WAR WITH THE SOVIET UNION; THE END OF APPEASEMENT; SOVIET MOTIVES; WHY APPEASEMENT FAILED-AND SUCCEEDED; WAS AN ALTERNATIVE POLICY POSSIBLE?; CONCLUSION; 5 American Appeasement of Iraq, 1989-1990; THE TILT TOWARD IRAQ UNDER REAGAN; U.S. APPEASEMENT UNDER BUSH, 1989-1990; IRAQI MOTIVES AND OBJECTIVES; WHY APPEASEMENT FAILED; THE FAILURE TO ADJUST POLICY; CONCLUSION; 6 American Appeasement of North Korea, 1988-1994; U.S. CONCERN OVER NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM; BUSH ADMINISTRATION POLICY

CLINTON ADMINISTRATION EFFORTS TO COERCE NORTH KOREA THE SHIFT FROM STICKS TO CARROTS; NORTH KOREAN MOTIVES; ANATOMY OF SUCCESS; THE ROLE OF THREATS; CONCLUSION; 7 Toward a Theory of Appeasement; MAJOR FACTORS AFFECTING APPEASEMENT OUTCOMES; The Nature of the Adversary; Inducements and the Adversary's Perception of Them; The Presence (or Absence) of Incentives for the Adversary to Respond Favorably; MATCHING APPEASEMENT STRATEGY TO TARGET; AVOIDING EXPLOITATION; LESSONS FOR POLICYMAKERS; APPEASEMENT AND DETERRENCE; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Since the 1930's, appeasement has been labeled as a futile and possibly dangerous policy. In this landmark study, Stephen Rock seeks to restore appeasement to its proper place as a legitimate--and potentially successful--diplomatic strategy. Appeasement was discredited by Neville Chamberlain's disastrous attempt to satisfy Adolf Hitler's territorial ambitions and avoid war in 1938. Rock argues, however, that there is very little evidence to support the belief that dissatisfied states and their leaders cannot be appeased or that appeasement undermines a state's credibility in later attempts