LEADER 03963nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910790262303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-6460-9 010 $a0-8014-6413-7 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801464133 035 $a(CKB)2670000000186900 035 $a(OCoLC)781542959 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10533659 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000652584 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11442660 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000652584 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10642265 035 $a(PQKB)11587257 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001499237 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28861 035 $a(DE-B1597)478428 035 $a(OCoLC)979575653 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801464133 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138297 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10533659 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681828 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138297 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000186900 100 $a20110624d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe shadow of the past$b[electronic resource] $ereputation and military alliances before the First World War /$fGregory D. Miller 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 225 1 $aCornell studies in security affairs 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-50546-2 311 $a0-8014-5031-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Figures and Tables -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Alliances and Reputation in International Relations -- $t2. Reliability and Alliance Behavior -- $t3. The End of Splendid Isolation: British Pursuit of an Ally, 1901-1905 -- $t4. The First Moroccan Crisis: Testing the Anglo-French Entente, 1904-1907 -- $t5. The Bosnia-Herzegovina Crisis: Expanding the Entente, 1907-1911 -- $t6. The Agadir Crisis: Rolling toward War, 1910-1914 -- $t7. Summary and Expansion of Findings -- $tAppendixes -- $tIndex 330 $aIn The Shadow of the Past, Gregory D. Miller examines the role that reputation plays in international politics, emphasizing the importance of reliability-confidence that, based on past political actions, a country will make good on its promises-in the formation of military alliances. Challenging recent scholarship that focuses on the importance of credibility-a state's reputation for following through on its threats-Miller finds that reliable states have much greater freedom in forming alliances than those that invest resources in building military force but then use it inconsistently.To explore the formation and maintenance of alliances based on reputation, Miller draws on insights from both political science and business theory to track the evolution of great power relations before the First World War. He starts with the British decision to abandon "splendid isolation" in 1900 and examines three crises-the First Moroccan Crisis (1905-6), the Bosnia-Herzegovina Crisis (1908-9), and the Agadir Crisis (1911)-leading up to the war. He determines that states with a reputation for being a reliable ally have an easier time finding other reliable allies, and have greater autonomy within their alliances, than do states with a reputation for unreliability. Further, a history of reliability carries long-term benefits, as states tend not to lose allies even when their reputation declines. 410 0$aCornell studies in security affairs. 606 $aReputation (Law) 606 $aAlliances 607 $aEurope$xForeign relations$y1871-1918 615 0$aReputation (Law) 615 0$aAlliances. 676 $a940.3/112 700 $aMiller$b Gregory D.$f1973-$0523550 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790262303321 996 $aThe shadow of the past$93830438 997 $aUNINA