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Author Goddard, Stacie E., 1974- author.

Title When right makes might : rising powers and world order / Stacie E. Goddard
Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource
Series Cornell studies in security affairs
Cornell studies in security affairs.
Contents The great powers' dilemma : uncertainty, intentions, and rising power politics -- The politics of legitimacy : how a rising power's right makes might -- America's ambiguous ambition : Britain and the accommodation of the United States, 1817-1823 -- Prussia's rule-bound revolution : Europe and the destruction of the balance of power, 1863-1864 -- Germany's rhetorical rage : Britain and the abandonment of appeasement, 1938-1939 -- Japan's folly : Manchuria and the turn to revolution, 1931-1933 -- Conclusion : legitimacy, power, and strategy
Summary "Analyzes the question of whether great powers choose to accommodate, contain, or confront a rising power depends on the legitimacy of the challenger's expansionist aims"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis rising powers, constructivism, power transitions, great powers, international relations, legitimacy of rising power, American hegemony, power politics, foreign relations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
Subject Great powers -- History -- 19th century
Great powers -- History -- 20th century
International relations -- Case studies
Middle powers -- History -- 19th century
Middle powers -- History -- 20th century
World politics -- 19th century.
World politics -- 20th century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International)
Great powers
International relations
Middle powers
World politics
Großmachtpolitik
Internationales politisches System
Weltordnung
Weltpolitik
Genre/Form Case studies
History
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Form Electronic book
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