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The Commander-in-Chief Test
Public Opinion and the Politics of Image-Making in US Foreign Policy
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CA$53.95
ISBN: 9781501772924
Pub Date: December 2023
Imprint: Cornell University Press
In The Commander-in-Chief Test, Jeffrey A. Friedman offers a fresh explanation for why Americans are often frustrated by the cost and scope of US foreign policy?and how we can fix that for the future.Americans...
The Burden-Sharing Dilemma
Coercive Diplomacy in US Alliance Politics
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CA$64.95
ISBN: 9781501772474
Pub Date: November 2023
Imprint: Cornell University Press
The Burden-Sharing Dilemma examines the conditions under which the United States is willing and able to pressure its allies to assume more responsibility for their own defense. The United States has...
Rising Titans, Falling Giants
How Great Powers Exploit Power Shifts
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CA$37.95
ISBN: 9781501770227
Pub Date: August 2023
Imprint: Cornell University Press
As a rising great power flexes its muscles on the political-military scene it must examine how to manage its relationships with states suffering from decline; and it has to do so in a careful and strategic...
The Wrong War
American Policy and the Dimensions of the Korean Conflict, 1950-1953
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CA$40.95
ISBN: 9781501772061
Pub Date: September 2023
Imprint: Cornell University Press
In 1951, General Omar Bradley declared publicly that war with China would involve the United States "in the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy." Despite the stated...
Great Power Politics and the Struggle over Austria, 1945-1955
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CA$33.95
ISBN: 9781501772054
Pub Date: September 2023
Imprint: Cornell University Press
In this account of an unusual episode in the Cold War, Audrey Kurth Cronin examines the negotiations over Austria and the Soviet Union's sudden and surprising decision to withdraw its troops and accept the country as a neutral Western state, after having rejected any settlement for eight years.
A Lost Peace
Great Power Politics and the Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1967-1979
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CA$74.95
ISBN: 9781501769160
Pub Date: April 2023
Imprint: Cornell University Press
In A Lost Peace, Galen Jackson rewrites an important chapter in the history of the middle period of the Cold War, changing how we think about the Arab-Israeli conflict.During the June 1967 Middle East...
The Fragile Balance of Terror
Deterrence in the New Nuclear Age
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CA$37.95
ISBN: 9781501767166
Pub Date: January 2023
Imprint: Cornell University Press
In The Fragile Balance of Terror, the foremost experts on nuclear policy and strategy offer insight into an era rife with more nuclear powers. Some of these new powers suffer domestic instability, others...
Escaping the Deadly Embrace
How Encirclement Causes Major Wars
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CA$75.95
ISBN: 9781501765919
Pub Date: November 2022
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Encirclement, Andrea Bartoletti argues, is an essential strategic possibility of the international system and a key trigger of major war. Using historical case studies, Escaping the Deadly Embrace examines...
The Hegemon's Tool Kit
US Leadership and the Politics of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime
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CA$71.95
ISBN: 9781501764851
Pub Date: July 2022
Imprint: Cornell University Press
At a moment when the nuclear nonproliferation regime is under duress, Rebecca Davis Gibbons provides a trenchant analysis of the international system that has, for more than fifty years, controlled...
Reliability and Alliance Interdependence
The United States and Its Allies in Asia, 1949-1969
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CA$37.95
ISBN: 9781501765544
Pub Date: May 2022
Imprint: Cornell University Press
In Reliability and Alliance Interdependence, Iain D. Henry argues for a more sophisticated approach to alliance politics and ideas of interdependence. It is often assumed that if the United States failed...
Frenemies
When Ideological Enemies Ally
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CA$68.95
ISBN: 9781501761232
Pub Date: January 2022
Imprint: Cornell University Press
In Frenemies Mark L. Haas addresses policy-guiding puzzles such as: Why do international ideological enemies sometimes overcome their differences and ally against shared threats? Why, just as often,...
Covert Regime Change
America's Secret Cold War
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CA$40.95
ISBN: 9781501761737
Pub Date: September 2021
Imprint: Cornell University Press
O'Rourke's book offers a onestop shop for understanding foreignimposed regime change. Covert Regime Change is an impressive book and required reading for anyone interested in understanding hidden power...
Catastrophic Success
Why Foreign-Imposed Regime Change Goes Wrong
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CA$71.95
ISBN: 9781501761140
Pub Date: December 2021
Imprint: Cornell University Press
In Catastrophic Success, Alexander B. Downes compiles all instances of regime change around the world over the past two centuries. Drawing on this impressive data set, Downes shows that regime change...
All Options on the Table
Leaders, Preventive War, and Nuclear Proliferation
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CA$78.95
ISBN: 9781501760341
Pub Date: November 2021
Imprint: Cornell University Press
When is preventive war chosen to counter nuclear proliferation? In All Options on the Table, Rachel Elizabeth Whitlark looks beyond systemic and slow-moving factors such as the distribution of power....
Secession and Security
Explaining State Strategy against Separatists
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CA$30.95
ISBN: 9781501755217
Pub Date: June 2021
Imprint: Cornell University Press
In Secession and Security, Ahsan I. Butt argues that states rather than separatists determine whether a secessionist struggle will be peaceful, violent, or genocidal. He investigates the strategies,...
Tempting Fate
Why Nonnuclear States Confront Nuclear Opponents
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CA$30.95
ISBN: 9781501755200
Pub Date: July 2021
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Unpacking of the dynamics of conflict under conditions of nuclear monopoly, Paul C. Avey argues in Tempting Fate that the costs and benefits of using nuclear weapons create openings that weak nonnuclear...
The Commander-in-Chief Test
Public Opinion and the Politics of Image-Making in US Foreign Policy
CA$53.95
ISBN: 9781501772924
Pub Date: December 2023
Imprint: Cornell University Press
The Burden-Sharing Dilemma
Coercive Diplomacy in US Alliance Politics
CA$64.95
ISBN: 9781501772474
Pub Date: November 2023
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Rising Titans, Falling Giants
How Great Powers Exploit Power Shifts
CA$37.95
ISBN: 9781501770227
Pub Date: August 2023
Imprint: Cornell University Press
The Wrong War
American Policy and the Dimensions of the Korean Conflict, 1950-1953
CA$40.95
ISBN: 9781501772061
Pub Date: September 2023
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Great Power Politics and the Struggle over Austria, 1945-1955
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9781501772054
Pub Date: September 2023
Imprint: Cornell University Press
In this account of an unusual episode in the Cold War, Audrey Kurth Cronin examines the negotiations over Austria and the Soviet Union's sudden and surprising decision to withdraw its troops and accept the country as a neutral Western state, after having rejected any settlement for eight years.
A Lost Peace
Great Power Politics and the Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1967-1979
CA$74.95
ISBN: 9781501769160
Pub Date: April 2023
Imprint: Cornell University Press
The Fragile Balance of Terror
Deterrence in the New Nuclear Age
CA$37.95
ISBN: 9781501767166
Pub Date: January 2023
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Escaping the Deadly Embrace
How Encirclement Causes Major Wars
CA$75.95
ISBN: 9781501765919
Pub Date: November 2022
Imprint: Cornell University Press
The Hegemon's Tool Kit
US Leadership and the Politics of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime
CA$71.95
ISBN: 9781501764851
Pub Date: July 2022
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Reliability and Alliance Interdependence
The United States and Its Allies in Asia, 1949-1969
CA$37.95
ISBN: 9781501765544
Pub Date: May 2022
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Frenemies
When Ideological Enemies Ally
CA$68.95
ISBN: 9781501761232
Pub Date: January 2022
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Covert Regime Change
America's Secret Cold War
CA$40.95
ISBN: 9781501761737
Pub Date: September 2021
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Catastrophic Success
Why Foreign-Imposed Regime Change Goes Wrong
CA$71.95
ISBN: 9781501761140
Pub Date: December 2021
Imprint: Cornell University Press
All Options on the Table
Leaders, Preventive War, and Nuclear Proliferation
CA$78.95
ISBN: 9781501760341
Pub Date: November 2021
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Secession and Security
Explaining State Strategy against Separatists
CA$30.95
ISBN: 9781501755217
Pub Date: June 2021
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Tempting Fate
Why Nonnuclear States Confront Nuclear Opponents
CA$30.95
ISBN: 9781501755200
Pub Date: July 2021
Imprint: Cornell University Press