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Power, Threat, or Military Capabilities
US Balancing in the Later Cold War, 1970-1982
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2011
Summary
Power, Threat, or Military Capabilities assesses two mainstays of international relations, balance of power and balance of threat, using the case of US balancing against the Soviet Union in the later Cold War. It also proposes balance of military capabilities, which uses offense-defense theory to argue that countries balance against the ability of others to conquer or compel them.
Power, Threat, or Military Capabilities finds that the US was more powerful than the Soviet Union so US behavior is not explained by balance of power. The US did not perceive the Soviet Union as likely to initiate war or to run risks that might lead to war so US behavior is not explained by balance of threat. This book determines that the US was concerned about its ability to defend Europe and the Persian Gulf so US behavior is explained by balance of military capabilities.
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Edition
1/2011
Copyright Year
2011
ISBN-Print
978-0-7618-5551-4
ISBN-Online
978-0-7618-5552-1
Publisher
Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
122
Product Type
Monograph
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Acknowledgments No access
Ch01. Explanations of Balancing: Power, Threat, and Military Capabilities No access Pages 1 - 16
Ch02. Balance of Power: Population, Military Personnel, and Economic Resources No access Pages 17 - 30
Ch03. Balance of Power: National Security Expenditures and the Military Burdens No access Pages 31 - 50
Ch04. Balance of Threat: US Assessments of Soviet Intentions No access Pages 51 - 83
Ch05. Balance of Military Capabilities: Sufficiency of General Purpose Forces No access Pages 84 - 97
Ch06. Balance of Military Capabilities: US Wartime Prospects No access Pages 98 - 107
