Fateful Transitions: How Democracies Manage Rising Powers, from the Eve of World War I to China's Ascendance

Cover
Half-title
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Fateful Transitions
	The Book and International Relations Theory
	Ordering of the Book
Chapter 2: Power Shifts and Strategy
	Power and Perceptions
	Democratic Strategies
	Regime Type and Power Transitions
	Conclusion
Chapter 3: Pax Britannica Eclipsed
	The Balance of Power
	The Balance of Perceptions
	American Democracy, German Autocracy
	Great Britain Appeases the United States
	America’s Rise: Democracy Reassures
	Great Britain and Germany: Integration and Hedging
	Autocracy Frames Germany’s Rise
	Great Britain Embraces Containment
	Other Influences on British Strategy
	Conclusion
Chapter 4: Germany Resurgent
	The Balance of Power
	The Balance of Perceptions
	1933: The Death of German Democracy
	The Myth of British Appeasement
	Autocracy Overshadows Germany’s Resurgence
	The Road to Containment
	Economic Interdependence and British Strategy
	Conclusion
Chapter 5: Red Star Rising
	The Balance of Power
	The Balance of Perceptions
	All Power to Stalin
	America’s Early Approach: Integrate and Hedge
	Stalinism and the Soviet Rise
	Toward Containment
	Implementing Containment
	Sustaining Primacy and American Strategy
	Conclusion
Chapter 6: Emerging Superpower
	The Balance of Power
	The Balance of Perceptions
	China: Economic Reform and Political Continuity
	America’s Enduring China Strategies
	The Obama Administration
	Autocracy Overhangs China’s Rise
	Economic Interdependence and U.S. Strategy
	Conclusion
Chapter 7: Neighboring Titan
	The Balance of Power
	The Balance of Perceptions
	Japan’s Enduring China Strategies
	Autocracy Overhangs China’s Rise
	Other Influences on Japanese Strategy
	Conclusion
Chapter 8: Implications for the Twenty-First Century
	Implications for Theory
	Implications for Policy
	Conclusion
Appendix 1: Omitted Cases
Appendix 2: Coding Checks and Balances
Appendix 3: Measuring Freedom of the Press
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments