Afterglow or adjustment? : domestic institutions and responses to overstretch /
Brawley, Mark R.(Mark Randal),1960-
New York : Columbia University Press,
c1999.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-330) and index.
Overextension and the obstacles to adjustment -- From ascendance to afterglow: the Bank of England in British hegemony -- Afterglow avoided?: the Federal Reserve, the Treasury, and the breakdown of Bretton Woods -- Institutional innovation and ineffective liberal leadership: the Bank of Amsterdam and the Stadholderate -- Britain's decline, military overcommitment, and the Committee of Imperial Defense -- The Joint Chiefs of Staff and military overcommitment during American leadership -- The rarity of effective adjustments.
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