The Power to Divide : : Wedge Strategies in Great Power Competition / / Timothy W. Crawford.

Timothy W. Crawford's The Power to Divide examines the use of wedge strategies, a form of divisive statecraft designed to isolate adversaries from allies and potential supporters to gain key advantages. With a multidimensional argument about the power of accommodation in competition, and a surv...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
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Physical Description:1 online resource (306 p.) :; 2 b&w line drawings
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Power to Divide in Alliance Politics
  • 1. The Theory of Selective Accommodation
  • 2. Germany Fails to Detach Japan, 1915–16
  • 3. Germany Keeps the United States Neutral, 1914–16
  • 4. The Entente Fails to Keep Turkey Neutral, 1914
  • 5. The Entente Realigns Italy, 1915
  • 6. Britain and France Fail to Neutralize Italy, 1936–40
  • 7. Germany Divides the USSR from Britain and France, 1939
  • 8. Britain and the United States Neutralize Spain, 1940–41
  • 9. Germany Fails to Realign Turkey, 1941
  • 10. When Does Selective Accommodation Work? Claims and Case Comparisons
  • 11. Selective Accommodation in Great Power Competition and U.S. Grand Strategy
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index