Strategy and Diplomacy, 1870-1945
Author | : Paul M. Kennedy |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Publishers |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Paul M. Kennedy |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Publishers |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Paul Kennedy |
Publisher | : Allen & Unwin Australia |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 1984-02-01 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9780049020085 |
Author | : Paul M. Kennedy |
Publisher | : Fontana Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jack Snyder |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2013-05-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0801468604 |
Overextension 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.
Author | : Patrick J. Kelly |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 605 |
Release | : 2011-05-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0253001757 |
“A first-rate biography of this grand admiral who is better known for his political skills than his naval ones.” —US Naval Insitute Proceedings Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849–1930) was the principal force behind the rise of the German Imperial Navy prior to World War I, challenging Great Britain’s command of the seas. As State Secretary of the Imperial Naval Office from 1897 to 1916, Tirpitz wielded great power and influence over the national agenda during that crucial period. By the time he had risen to high office, Tirpitz was well equipped to use his position as a platform from which to dominate German defense policy. Though he was cool to the potential of the U-boat, he enthusiastically supported a torpedo boat branch of the navy and began an ambitious building program for battleships and battle cruisers. Based on exhaustive archival research, including new material from family papers, Tirpitz and the Imperial German Navy is the first extended study in English of this germinal figure in the growth of the modern navy. “Well written and based on new sources . . . allows the reader deep insights into the life of a man who played a very important role at the turn of the last century and who, like almost nobody else, shaped German policy.” —International Journal of Maritime History “An invaluable reference work on Tirpitz, the Imperial German Navy, and on politics in Wilhelmine Germany.” —The Northern Mariner
Author | : John Francis Beeler |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780804729819 |
Against a background of rapid industrialization and economic transformation, the author describes the structure of British naval administration in the Gladstone-Disraeli era, assesses the important reforms of that structure by the Liberal politician Hugh Childers, and examines the strategic and operational contexts of the navy itself.
Author | : John J. Mearsheimer |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 301 |
Release | : 2023 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0300269307 |
A groundbreaking examination of a central question in international relations: Do states act rationally? To understand world politics, you need to understand how states think. Are states rational? Much of international relations theory assumes that they are. But many scholars believe that political leaders rarely act rationally. The issue is crucial for both the study and practice of international politics, for only if states are rational can scholars and policymakers understand and predict their behavior. John J. Mearsheimer and Sebastian Rosato argue that rational decisions in international politics rest on credible theories about how the world works and emerge from deliberative decision‑making processes. Using these criteria, they conclude that most states are rational most of the time, even if they are not always successful. Mearsheimer and Rosato make the case for their position, examining whether past and present world leaders, including George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin, have acted rationally in the context of momentous historical events, including both world wars, the Cold War, and the post-Cold War era. By examining this fundamental concept in a novel and comprehensive manner, Mearsheimer and Rosato show how leaders think, and how to make policy for dealing with other states.
Author | : Emily Goldman |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0804774331 |
This book examines America's evolving strategy on the international security environment, and comprehensively analyzes how different strategies position states to compete in the present and future, manage risk, and prevail despite uncertainty.
Author | : Michael D. Hobkirk |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2016-07-27 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1349220116 |
Throughout history many nations have had to make hard choices between a land and a maritime strategy. This study covers the history of such choices, beginning with the Persian invasion of Greece in 490BC and ending with the many and various choices facing the Western world in the aftermath of the Cold War. If many wars of the past are now seen as the outcome of maritime/land strategies, the lessons learned from them and discussed in this book can provide some answers to those who have to consider wars of the future.
Author | : Thierry Balzacq |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 801 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0198840292 |
A clearly articulated, well-defined, and relatively stable grand strategy is supposed to allow the ship of state to steer a steady course through the roiling seas of global politics. However, the obstacles to formulating and implementing grand strategy are, by all accounts, imposing. The Oxford Handbook of Grand Strategy addresses the conceptual and historical foundations, production, evolution, and future of grand strategy from a wide range of standpoints. The seven constituent sections present and critically examine the history of grand strategy, including beyond the West; six distinct theoretical approaches to the subject; the sources of grand strategy, ranging from geography and technology to domestic politics to individual psychology and culture; the instruments of grand strategy's implementation, from military to economic to covert action; political actors', including non-state actors', grand strategic choices; the debatable merits of grand strategy, relative to alternatives; and the future of grand strategy, in light of challenges ranging from political polarization to technological change to aging populations. The result is a field-defining, interdisciplinary, and comparative text that will be a key resource for years to come.