Unanswered Threats: Political Constraints on the Balance of Power

by Randall L. Schweller

Book Overview

Why have states throughout history regularly underestimated dangers to their survival? Why have some states been able to mobilize their material resources effectively to balance against threats, while others have not been able to do so? The phenomenon of "underbalancing" is a common but woefully underexamined behavior in international politics. Underbalancing occurs when states fail to recognize dangerous threats, choose not to react to them, or...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691136467
• ISBN13: 9780691136462
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.1"