03328nam 2200721Ia 450 991046567180332120200520144314.00-8014-6859-01-322-50455-50-8014-6860-410.7591/9780801468605(CKB)2560000000101985(OCoLC)606414571(CaPaEBR)ebrary10715676(SSID)ssj0001035794(PQKBManifestationID)11629155(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001035794(PQKBWorkID)11047261(PQKB)10252068(MiAaPQ)EBC3138488(OCoLC)1016813975(MdBmJHUP)muse58273(DE-B1597)503522(OCoLC)1059272979(DE-B1597)9780801468605(Au-PeEL)EBL3138488(CaPaEBR)ebr10715676(CaONFJC)MIL681737(OCoLC)922998422(EXLCZ)99256000000010198519910130d1991 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMyths of empire[electronic resource] domestic politics and international ambition /Jack SnyderIthaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press19911 online resource (342 p.) Cornell studies in security affairsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8014-2532-8 0-8014-9764-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Myth Of Security Through Expansion -- 2. Three Theories Of Overexpansion -- 3. Germany And The Pattern Of Late Development -- 4. Japan's Bid For Autarky -- 5. Social Imperialism In Victorian Britain -- 6. Soviet Politics And Strategic Learning -- 7. America's Cold War Consensus -- 8. Overexpansion: Origins And Antidotes -- IndexOverextension is the common pitfall of empires. Why does it occur? What are the forces that cause the great powers of the industrial era to pursue aggressive foreign policies? Jack Snyder identifies recurrent myths of empire, describes the varieties of overextension to which they lead, and criticizes the traditional explanations offered by historians and political scientists.He tests three competing theories-realism, misperception, and domestic coalition politics-against five detailed case studies: early twentieth-century Germany, Japan in the interwar period, Great Britain in the Victorian era, the Soviet Union after World War II, and the United States during the Cold War. The resulting insights run counter to much that has been written about these apparently familiar instances of empire building.Cornell studies in security affairs.ImperialismWorld politics19th centuryWorld politics20th centuryElectronic books.Imperialism.World politicsWorld politics325.32Snyder Jack L914179MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465671803321Myths of empire2470179UNINA