Dominoes and Bandwagons

Strategic Beliefs and Great Power Competion in the Eurasian Rimland

Jack Snyder editor Robert Jervis editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:27th Jun '91

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Dominoes and Bandwagons cover

The domino theory has been the central organizing concept behind American containment strategy in the postwar period. This strategy was behind the involvement of America in the wars in Korea and Vietnam: neither country was of great economic, military, or cultural value to the US, yet policy-makers assumed that defeats against these nations might create precedents for areas of greater intrinsic interest. In this collection, Stephen Walt, Ted Hopf, Douglas Blum, Milan Hauner, the editors, and others, address crucial issues about the strategic beliefs that shape the competition between the superpowers in the Eurasian rimland.

'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

ISBN: 9780195062465

Dimensions: 161mm x 242mm x 28mm

Weight: 558g

320 pages