Power, Threat, or Military Capabilities - Us Balancing in the Later Cold War, 1970-1982

Informationen zum Autor Carmel Davis received a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2004. Klappentext This book assesses two mainstays of international relations, balance of power and balance of threat, using the case of US balancing against the Soviet Union in the later Cold War. It uses offense-defense theory to argue that countries balance against the ability of others to conquer or compel them. Zusammenfassung This book assesses two mainstays of international relations! balance of power and balance of threat! using the case of US balancing against the Soviet Union in the later Cold War. It uses offense-defense theory to argue that countries balance against the ability of others to conquer or compel them.

Product details

• Authors: Carmel Davis, Davis Carmel
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.11.2011
• EAN: 9780761855514
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-5551-4
• No. of pages: 140
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; History, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, military history, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / General, HISTORY / Military / United States, International Relations, Political science & theory, History of the Americas, HISTORY / Russia / General