Dominant Powers and Subordinate States: The United States in Latin America and the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe
edited by Jan F. Triska
Duke University Press, 1986 eISBN: 978-0-8223-7860-0 | Paper: 978-0-8223-0748-8 Library of Congress Classification JX1391.D66 1986 Dewey Decimal Classification 327.114
ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
In comparing how the two superpowers exercise their persuasive control over their respective spheres, this book presents collective evidence toward the startling conclusion that this dominance, as it has been practiced, is no longer in the national interest of either the United States or the USSR.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: About This Volume / Jan F. Triska 1
Part I. History of the Two Regions
1. Historical Complexity / Jeffrey L. Hughes 25
2. Historical Overview and Comparative Analysis / Robert Wesson 47
3. Economic Change and State Development / James R. Kurth 85
Part II. Concepts and Theories
4. Dominant-Subordinate Relationships: How Shall We Define Them? How Do We Compare Them? / David B. Abernathy 103
5. On Influence and Spheres of Influence / Paul Keal 124
6. Sphere-of-Interest Behavior: A Literature Search and Methodological Reflections / Gabriel A. Almond 145
7. On Bargaining / Jeffrey L. Hughes 168
Part III. Dominant Powers
8. The Dominant Powers and Their Strategies / David D. Finley 201
9. The Logics of Hegemony: The United States as a Superpower in Central America / Terry Karl and Richard R. Fagen 218
10. The Military as an Instrument of Influence and Control / Condoleezza Rice 239
11. Military Interventions: Doctrines, Motives, Goals, and Outcomes / Jiri Valenta 261
Part IV. Subordinate States
12. The Subordinate States and Their Strategies / Paul M. Johnson 285
13. Capitalist Dependency and Socialist Dependency: The Case of Cuba / Robert A. Packenham 310
14. The Politics of Dependence in Poland and Mexico / Jeffrey L. Hughes 342
Part V. Evolution of Spheres of Influence
15. Costs of Domination, Benefits of Subordination / Paul Marer and Kazimierz Z. Poznanski 371
16. Dominant Powers and Subordinate Regions: 1914 and Today / Richard Ned Lebow 400
17. The Future of Dominant-Subordinate Systems / Michael I. Handel 423
Dominant Powers and Subordinate States: The United States in Latin America and the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe
edited by Jan F. Triska
Duke University Press, 1986 eISBN: 978-0-8223-7860-0 Paper: 978-0-8223-0748-8
In comparing how the two superpowers exercise their persuasive control over their respective spheres, this book presents collective evidence toward the startling conclusion that this dominance, as it has been practiced, is no longer in the national interest of either the United States or the USSR.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: About This Volume / Jan F. Triska 1
Part I. History of the Two Regions
1. Historical Complexity / Jeffrey L. Hughes 25
2. Historical Overview and Comparative Analysis / Robert Wesson 47
3. Economic Change and State Development / James R. Kurth 85
Part II. Concepts and Theories
4. Dominant-Subordinate Relationships: How Shall We Define Them? How Do We Compare Them? / David B. Abernathy 103
5. On Influence and Spheres of Influence / Paul Keal 124
6. Sphere-of-Interest Behavior: A Literature Search and Methodological Reflections / Gabriel A. Almond 145
7. On Bargaining / Jeffrey L. Hughes 168
Part III. Dominant Powers
8. The Dominant Powers and Their Strategies / David D. Finley 201
9. The Logics of Hegemony: The United States as a Superpower in Central America / Terry Karl and Richard R. Fagen 218
10. The Military as an Instrument of Influence and Control / Condoleezza Rice 239
11. Military Interventions: Doctrines, Motives, Goals, and Outcomes / Jiri Valenta 261
Part IV. Subordinate States
12. The Subordinate States and Their Strategies / Paul M. Johnson 285
13. Capitalist Dependency and Socialist Dependency: The Case of Cuba / Robert A. Packenham 310
14. The Politics of Dependence in Poland and Mexico / Jeffrey L. Hughes 342
Part V. Evolution of Spheres of Influence
15. Costs of Domination, Benefits of Subordination / Paul Marer and Kazimierz Z. Poznanski 371
16. Dominant Powers and Subordinate Regions: 1914 and Today / Richard Ned Lebow 400
17. The Future of Dominant-Subordinate Systems / Michael I. Handel 423