Bibliograph

Myths of empire, domestic politics and international ambition, Jack Snyder

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Myths of empire, domestic politics and international ambition, Jack Snyder

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Myths of empire

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Jack Snyder

Series statement

Cornell studies in security affairs

Sub title

domestic politics and international ambition

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

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