In the Hegemon's shadow
Subtitle: leading states and the rise of regional powers
By: Evan Braden Montgomery
Series: Cornell studies in security affairs; Cornell studies in security affairs
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Ithaca; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9781501702341
Subjects: Great powers; Hegemony; Foreign relations; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: How leading states respond to rising regional powers; title: Egypt's bid for mastery of the Middle East, 1831-1841; title: The Confederacy's quest for intervention and independence, 1861-1862; title: Japan and the creation of a new order in East Asia, 1894-1902; title: India's rise and the struggle for South Asia, 1962-1971; title: The emergence of Iraq and the competition to control the Gulf, 1979-1991.