The ideological origins of great power politics, 1789-1989
By: Mark L. Haas.
Series: Cornell studies in security affairs
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: International relations -- Decision making.; Ideology.; World politics.; Great powers.
Description: "How do leaders perceive threat levels in world politics, and what effects do those perceptions have on policy choices? Mark L. Haas focuses on how ideology shapes perception. He does not delineate the content of particular ideologies, but rather the degree of difference among them. Degree of ideological difference is, he believes, the crucial factor as leaders decide which nations threaten and which bolster their state's security and their own domestic power. These threat perceptions will in turn impel leaders to make particular foreign-policy choices."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ideological similarities and differences and leaders' perceptions of threat; title: The three wars of the French revolution; title: The concert of Europe, 1815-48; title: The 1930s and the origins of the Second World War; title: The rise and fall of the Sino-Soviet Alliance, 1949-60; title: The 1980s and the end of the Cold War.