LEADER 03328nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910465671803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-6859-0 010 $a1-322-50455-5 010 $a0-8014-6860-4 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801468605 035 $a(CKB)2560000000101985 035 $a(OCoLC)606414571 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10715676 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001035794 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11629155 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001035794 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11047261 035 $a(PQKB)10252068 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138488 035 $a(OCoLC)1016813975 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse58273 035 $a(DE-B1597)503522 035 $a(OCoLC)1059272979 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801468605 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138488 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10715676 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681737 035 $a(OCoLC)922998422 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000101985 100 $a19910130d1991 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMyths of empire$b[electronic resource] $edomestic politics and international ambition /$fJack Snyder 210 $aIthaca, N.Y. $cCornell University Press$d1991 215 $a1 online resource (342 p.) 225 1 $aCornell studies in security affairs 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8014-2532-8 311 $a0-8014-9764-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. The Myth Of Security Through Expansion -- $t2. Three Theories Of Overexpansion -- $t3. Germany And The Pattern Of Late Development -- $t4. Japan's Bid For Autarky -- $t5. Social Imperialism In Victorian Britain -- $t6. Soviet Politics And Strategic Learning -- $t7. America's Cold War Consensus -- $t8. Overexpansion: Origins And Antidotes -- $tIndex 330 $aOverextension is the common pitfall of empires. Why does it occur? What are the forces that cause the great powers of the industrial era to pursue aggressive foreign policies? Jack Snyder identifies recurrent myths of empire, describes the varieties of overextension to which they lead, and criticizes the traditional explanations offered by historians and political scientists.He tests three competing theories-realism, misperception, and domestic coalition politics-against five detailed case studies: early twentieth-century Germany, Japan in the interwar period, Great Britain in the Victorian era, the Soviet Union after World War II, and the United States during the Cold War. The resulting insights run counter to much that has been written about these apparently familiar instances of empire building. 410 0$aCornell studies in security affairs. 606 $aImperialism 606 $aWorld politics$y19th century 606 $aWorld politics$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aImperialism. 615 0$aWorld politics 615 0$aWorld politics 676 $a325.32 700 $aSnyder$b Jack L$0914179 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465671803321 996 $aMyths of empire$92470179 997 $aUNINA