Dominoes & Bandwagons: Strategic Beliefs and Great Power Competition in the Eurasian Rimland

ISBN-13: 9780195062465 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 320 str.

Robert Jervis; Jack Snyder

Opis

Fearing the loss of Korea and Vietnam would touch off a chain reaction of other countries turning communist, the United States fought two major wars in the hinterlands of Asia. What accounts for such exaggerated alarm, and what were its consequences? Is a fear of the domino effect permanently rooted in the American strategic psyche, or has the United States now adopted a less alarmist approach? The essays in this book address these questions by examining domino thinking in United States and Soviet Cold War strategy, and in earlier historic settings. Combining theory and history in analyzing issues relevant to current public policy, Dominoes and Bandwagons examines the extent to which domino fears were a rational response, a psychological reaction, or a tactic in domestic politics.

Recenzje

'The aim of this fascinating book is to shed light on domino and bandwagon theory, and the contributors do an excellent job of achieving that objective ... the book is a first-class addition to the literature, which has the particular virtue of being open-ended in clarifying a host of issues for further research. Eric Herring, University of ristol, Pacific Review