Dominoes and bandwagons [[electronic resource] ] : strategic beliefs and great power competition in the Eurasian rimland / / edited by Robert Jervis, Jack Snyder

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (312 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.47073
• Soggetto topico: International relations
• Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations Soviet Union; Soviet Union Foreign relations United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: JervisRobert <1940-> SnyderJack L
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. Domino Beliefs and Strategic Behavior; 3. Alliance Formation in Southwest Asia: Balancing and Bandwagoning in Cold War Competition; 4. Bandwagon Images in American Foreign Policy: Myth or Reality?; 5. The Truman Administration and Global Responsibilities: The Birth of the Falling Domino Principle; 6. Soviet Inferences from Their Victories in the Periphery: Visions of Resistance or Cumulating Gains?; 7. Soviet Perceptions of American Foreign Policy After Afghanistan ; 8. The Soviet Decision to Withdraw from Afghanistan: Changing Strategic and Regional Images9. Russian and Soviet Strategic Behavior in Asia; 10. Conclusion; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: A collection of essays on military defence strategy, which considers historical applications of the ""domino theory"", the psychological dynamics of the US-Soviet relationship vis-a-vis Eurasian boundaries. It also examines whether the USSR actually infers a lack of resolve from American retreats.
• Titolo autorizzato: Dominoes and bandwagons
• ISBN: 1-280-52455-3; 0-19-536276-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458064703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II