Balancing Risks: Great Power Intervention in the Periphery
Great powers often initiate risky military and diplomatic inventions in far-off, peripheral regions that pose no direct threat to them, risking direct confrontation with rivals in strategically inconsequential places. Why do powerful countries behave in a way that leads to entrapment in prolonged, e...
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Zusammenfassung: | Great powers often initiate risky military and diplomatic inventions in far-off, peripheral regions that pose no direct threat to them, risking direct confrontation with rivals in strategically inconsequential places. 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. Taliaferro 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 U.S. in 1940–41 |
Beschreibung: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Sep 2019) |
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ISBN: | 9781501720253 |
DOI: | 10.7591/9781501720253 |
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spelling | Taliaferro, Jeffrey W. Verfasser aut Balancing Risks Great Power Intervention in the Periphery Jeffrey W. Taliaferro Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press [2019] © 2004 1 online resource 8 tables, 1 line drawing txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Sep 2019) Great powers often initiate risky military and diplomatic inventions in far-off, peripheral regions that pose no direct threat to them, risking direct confrontation with rivals in strategically inconsequential places. 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. Taliaferro 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 U.S. in 1940–41 In English Geschichte 1900-1953 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1912-1945 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1091-1910 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1953 gnd rswk-swf International Studies Security Studies POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International) bisacsh Imperialism History 20th century World politics 20th century Militärische Intervention (DE-588)4027497-4 gnd rswk-swf Außenpolitik (DE-588)4003846-4 gnd rswk-swf Imperialismus (DE-588)4026651-5 gnd rswk-swf Drittland (DE-588)4204817-5 gnd rswk-swf Großmacht (DE-588)4125218-4 gnd rswk-swf Japan (DE-588)4028495-5 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf Großbritannien (DE-588)4022153-2 gnd rswk-swf Japan (DE-588)4028495-5 g Außenpolitik (DE-588)4003846-4 s Geschichte 1912-1945 z 1\p DE-604 USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Geschichte 1953 z 2\p DE-604 Imperialismus (DE-588)4026651-5 s Militärische Intervention (DE-588)4027497-4 s Geschichte 1900-1953 z 3\p DE-604 Großbritannien (DE-588)4022153-2 g Geschichte 1091-1910 z 4\p DE-604 Großmacht (DE-588)4125218-4 s Drittland (DE-588)4204817-5 s 5\p DE-604 https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501720253 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 3\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 4\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 5\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
spellingShingle | Taliaferro, Jeffrey W. Balancing Risks Great Power Intervention in the Periphery International Studies Security Studies POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International) bisacsh Imperialism History 20th century World politics 20th century Militärische Intervention (DE-588)4027497-4 gnd Außenpolitik (DE-588)4003846-4 gnd Imperialismus (DE-588)4026651-5 gnd Drittland (DE-588)4204817-5 gnd Großmacht (DE-588)4125218-4 gnd |
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title | Balancing Risks Great Power Intervention in the Periphery |
title_auth | Balancing Risks Great Power Intervention in the Periphery |
title_exact_search | Balancing Risks Great Power Intervention in the Periphery |
title_full | Balancing Risks Great Power Intervention in the Periphery Jeffrey W. Taliaferro |
title_fullStr | Balancing Risks Great Power Intervention in the Periphery Jeffrey W. Taliaferro |
title_full_unstemmed | Balancing Risks Great Power Intervention in the Periphery Jeffrey W. Taliaferro |
title_short | Balancing Risks |
title_sort | balancing risks great power intervention in the periphery |
title_sub | Great Power Intervention in the Periphery |
topic | International Studies Security Studies POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International) bisacsh Imperialism History 20th century World politics 20th century Militärische Intervention (DE-588)4027497-4 gnd Außenpolitik (DE-588)4003846-4 gnd Imperialismus (DE-588)4026651-5 gnd Drittland (DE-588)4204817-5 gnd Großmacht (DE-588)4125218-4 gnd |
topic_facet | International Studies Security Studies POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International) Imperialism History 20th century World politics 20th century Militärische Intervention Außenpolitik Imperialismus Drittland Großmacht Japan USA Großbritannien |
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