Dominoes and Bandwagons - Strategic Beliefs and Great Power Competion in the Eurasian Rimland

Zusatztext 'The aim of this fascinating book is to shed light on domino and bandwagon theory! and the contributors do an excellent job of achieving that objective ... the book is a first-class addition to the literature! which has the particular virtue of being open-ended in clarifying a host of issues for further research.Eric Herring! University of ristol! Pacific Review Klappentext Fearing the loss of Korea and Vietnam would touch off a chain reaction of other countries turning communist! the United States fought two major wars in the hinterlands of Asia. What accounts for such exaggerated alarm! and what were its consequences? Is a fear of the domino effect permanently rooted in the American strategic psyche! or has the United States now adopted a less alarmist approach? The essays in this book address these questions by examining domino thinking in United States and Soviet Cold War strategy! and in earlier historic settings. Combining theory and history in analyzing issues relevant to current public policy! Dominoes and Bandwagons examines the extent to which domino fears were a rational response! a psychological reaction! or a tactic in domestic politics. Zusammenfassung 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.

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• Authors: Robert (Professor Jervis, Robert L. Snyder Jervis, Robert Snyder Jervis
• Assisted by: Robert Jervis (Editor), Robert (Professor Jervis (Editor), Robert L. Jervis (Editor), Jack Snyder (Editor), Jack (Associate Professor Snyder (Editor), Snyder Jack (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.06.1991
• EAN: 9780195062465
• ISBN: 978-0-19-506246-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, International Relations, Defence strategy, planning & research, United States of America, USA, Military and defence strategy, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet