Safe Passage : The Transition from British to American Hegemony /
Schake, Kori
Safe Passage : The Transition from British to American Hegemony / Kori Schake. - 1 online resource (320 p.) : 1 map
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Opening Salvo -- 2. In Theory and in Practice -- 3. Theft on the High Seas: Monroe’s Doctrine -- 4. Parallel Latitudes: Oregon’s Boundaries -- 5. Domestic Threat: America’s Civil War -- 6. Manifesting Destiny: Defining the Nation -- 7. Mission Creep: The Venezuelan Crises -- 8. Us versus Them: The Spanish-American War -- 9. European Power: World War I -- 10. Imposing Power: The Washington Naval Treaties -- 11. Sharp Relief: World War II -- 12. Lessons from a Peaceful Transition -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
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History records only one peaceful transition of hegemonic power: the passage from British to American dominance of the international order. To explain why this transition was nonviolent, Kori Schake explores nine points of crisis between Britain and the U.S., from the Monroe Doctrine to the unequal “special relationship” during World War II.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674981065
10.4159/9780674981065 doi
Great powers.
Peaceful change (International relations).
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.
D31 / .S348 2017eb
327.1/140973
Safe Passage : The Transition from British to American Hegemony / Kori Schake. - 1 online resource (320 p.) : 1 map
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Opening Salvo -- 2. In Theory and in Practice -- 3. Theft on the High Seas: Monroe’s Doctrine -- 4. Parallel Latitudes: Oregon’s Boundaries -- 5. Domestic Threat: America’s Civil War -- 6. Manifesting Destiny: Defining the Nation -- 7. Mission Creep: The Venezuelan Crises -- 8. Us versus Them: The Spanish-American War -- 9. European Power: World War I -- 10. Imposing Power: The Washington Naval Treaties -- 11. Sharp Relief: World War II -- 12. Lessons from a Peaceful Transition -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
History records only one peaceful transition of hegemonic power: the passage from British to American dominance of the international order. To explain why this transition was nonviolent, Kori Schake explores nine points of crisis between Britain and the U.S., from the Monroe Doctrine to the unequal “special relationship” during World War II.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674981065
10.4159/9780674981065 doi
Great powers.
Peaceful change (International relations).
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.
D31 / .S348 2017eb
327.1/140973