Paul K MacDonald

Networks of Domination

The Social Foundations of Peripheral Conquest in International Politics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How were European states able to conquer vast stretches of territory across the periphery of the international system? This book challenges the traditional emphasis on European military dominance and technological superiority. It argues that social conditions, including the ability to recruit local collaborators, often proved decisive.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780199362165
• ISBN-10: 0199362165
• Artikelnr.: 40443333

Autorenporträt

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Wellesley College

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
'Streams of Blood Turned Into Rivers':
The Puzzle of Peripheral Conquest in International Politics
Chapter 1
'We Have Got the Maxim Gun':
Military Superiority and Peripheral Conquest
Chapter 2
Networks of Domination:
The Social Foundations of Peripheral Conquest
Chapter 3
'The Pressure of Insupportable Evils':
Social Ties and the Conquest of India
Chapter 4
'All Most Cheerfully Touched the Symbol of Peace':
Turbulent Frontiers and Conquest in southern Africa
Chapter 5
'Drawing Lines Upon Maps':
Commerce and Conquest in the Niger Delta
Chapter 6
'Put an Iraqi Face On It':
Social Ties and the Occupation of Iraq
Conclusion
'Vanquished By Its Own Victory':
The Future of Peripheral Conquest
Notes
Index