Balancing risks:great power intervention in the periphery

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Taliaferro Jeffrey W
Published: Cornell University Press,
Publisher Address: Ithaca, N.Y.
Publication Dates: 2004.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Cornell studies in security affairs
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Carrier Form: xviii, 304 p.: ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0801442214 (alk. paper)
9780801442216 (alk. paper)
Index Number: D815
CLC: D815
Call Number: D801/T146
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-296) and index.
Power politics and the balance of risk -- Explaining great power involvement in the periphery -- Germany and the 1905 Morocco crisis -- Japan and the 1940-41 war decisions -- The United States and the Korean War (1950-51) -- The limits of great power intervention in the periphery -- Implications of the argument.