Balancing risks: great power intervention in the periphery

by Taliaferro, Jeffrey W.

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Title Statements

Full title :Balancing risks : great power intervention in the periphery / Jeffrey W. Taliaferro.

Summary

"Why do powerful countries behave in a way that leads to entrapment in prolonged, expensive, and self-defeating conflicts?" "Jeffrey W. Taliaferro suggests that such interventions are driven by the refusal of senior officials to accept losses in their state's relative power, international status, or prestige. Instead of cutting their losses, leaders often continue to invest blood and money in failed excursions into the periphery. Their policies may seem to be driven by rational concerns about power and security, but Taliaferro deems them to be at odds with the master explanation of political realism." "He constructs a "balance-of-risk" theory of foreign policy that draws on defensive realism (in international relations) and prospect theory (in psychology). He illustrates the power of this new theory in several case narratives: Germany's initiation and escalation of the 1905 and 1911 Moroccan crises, the United States' involvement in the Korean War in 1950-52, and Japan's entanglement in the second Sino-Japanese war in 1937-40 and its decisions for war with the United States in 1940-41"--Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2004.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cornell University Press
Place of Publication:Ithaca, N.Y
Language:eng
Publication Date:2004.

The Physical Object

Description:xviii, 304 pages ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0801442214, 9780801442216
oclc:ocm53144730
LC Classification:D511
Dewey Decimal:327.1/09/04

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.

Subjects

15.59 history of great parts of the wor… 89.79 international conflicts: other Außenpolitik Diplomatic relations Drittland États-Unis -- Relations extérieures -- … Geschichte 1091-1910 Geschichte 1900-1953 Geschichte 1912-1945 Geschichte 1953 Grande-Bretagne -- Relations extérieure… Great Britain Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1… Grossbritannien Grossmacht Grote mogendheden History Imperialism Imperialism -- History -- 20th century Impérialisme -- Histoire -- 20e siècle