Unanswered Threats: Political Constraints on the Balance of Power

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Abstract

List of Illustrations ix Preface xi INTORDUCTION: Balance of Power and the Puzzle of Underbalancing Behavior 1 CHAPTER ONE: Prudence in Managing Changes in the Balance of Power 22 CHAPTER TWO: A Theory of Underbalancing: A Neoclassical Realist Explanation 46 CHAPTER THREE: Great-Power Case Studies: Interwar France and B Bitain, and France, 1877-1913 69 CHAPTER FOUR: Small-Power Case Studies: Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, and the War of the Triple Alliance, 1864-1870 85 CHAPTER FIVE: Why Are States So Timid? State Coherence and Expansion in the Age of Mass Politics 103 Notes 131 Bibliography 153 Index 165

Topics & Keywords

Brazilian History and Foreign Policy

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Peace, Justice and strong institutions

Publication Details

Published in: Foreign Affairs

Volume 85, Issue 5, pp. 160-160

DOI: 10.2307/20032088

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