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The Challenge of Grand Strategy Theyearsbetweentheworldwarsrepresentaneraofbrokenbalances: theretreatoftheUnitedStatesfromglobalgeopolitics,theweakeningof GreatBritainandFrance,Russianisolationfollowingthe1917Bolshe- vikRevolution,theresurgenceofGermanpowerinEurope,andtherise ofJapaninEastAsia.Allthesefactorscomplicatedgreat-powerpolitics. Thisbookbringstogetherhistoriansandpoliticalscientiststorevisitthe conventionalwisdomonthegrandstrategiespursuedbetweentheworld wars,drawingontheoreticalinnovationsandnewprimarysources.The contributors suggest that all the great powers pursued policies that, while in retrospect were suboptimal, represented conscious, rational attemptstosecuretheirnationalinterestsunderconditionsofextreme uncertaintyandintensedomesticandinternationalpolitical,economic, andstrategicconstraints. jeffrey w. taliaferro is Associate Professor of Political Science atTuftsUniversity. norrin m. ripsman is Professor of Political Science at Concordia University. steven e. lobell is Associate Professor of Political Science at the UniversityofUtah. The Challenge of Grand Strategy The Great Powers and the Broken Balance between the World Wars Editedby Jeffrey W. Taliaferro TuftsUniversity Norrin M. Ripsman ConcordiaUniversity Steven E. Lobell UniversityofUtah cambridge university press Cambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown, Singapore,Sa˜oPaulo,Delhi,MexicoCity CambridgeUniversityPress TheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB28RU,UK PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress, NewYork www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107022522 (cid:2)C CambridgeUniversityPress2012 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2012 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica AcatalogrecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationdata Thechallengeofgrandstrategy:thegreatpowersandthebroken balancebetweentheworldwars/[editedby]JeffreyW.Taliaferro, NorrinM.Ripsman,StevenE.Lobell. pages cm Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-1-107-02252-2 1.Balanceofpower–History–20thcentury. 2.Greatpowers–History– 20thcentury. 3.Strategicculture–History–20thcentury. I.Taliaferro, JeffreyW. II.Ripsman,NorrinM. III.Lobell,StevenE.,1964– JZ1313.C47 2012 327.1(cid:3)1209041–dc23 2012018813 ISBN978-1-107-02252-2Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceor accuracyofURLsforexternalorthird-partyInternetWebsitesreferredtoin thispublicationanddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchWebsitesis, orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. Contents Tables pagevii Contributors ix Acknowledgments xi 1 Introduction:GrandStrategybetweentheWorldWars 1 steven e. lobell, jeffrey w. taliaferro, and norrin m. ripsman 2 Deterrence,Coercion,andEnmeshment:FrenchGrand StrategyandtheGermanProblemafterWorldWarI 37 peter jackson 3 TheLegacyofCoercivePeaceBuilding:TheLocarno Treaty,Anglo-FrenchGrandStrategy,andthe1936 RhinelandCrisis 65 scott a. silverstone 4 TheLeagueofNationsandGrandStrategy:A ContradictioninTerms? 93 andrew webster 5 EconomicInterdependenceandtheGrandStrategiesof GermanyandJapan,1925–1941 120 dale c. copeland 6 Britain’sGrandStrategyduringthe1930s:From BalanceofPowertoComponentsofPower 147 steven e. lobell 7 BritishGrandStrategyandtheRiseofGermany, 1933–1936 171 norrin m. ripsman and jack s. levy v vi Contents 8 StrategyofInnocenceorProvocation?TheRoosevelt Administration’sRoadtoWorldWarII 193 jeffrey w. taliaferro 9 TheRisingSunWasNoJackal:JapaneseGrandStrategy, theTripartitePact,andAllianceFormationTheory 224 tsuyoshi kawasaki 10 PowersofDivision:FromtheAnti-Cominterntothe Nazi-SovietandJapanese-SovietPacts,1936–1941 246 timothy w. crawford 11 SovietGrandStrategyintheInterwarYears:Ideologyas Realpolitik 279 mark l. haas 12 Conclusions:RethinkingInterwarGrandStrategies 308 david m. edelstein Index 337 Tables 8.1 StatisticsonRelativePowerBalance,1936–1941 page203 8.2 AComparisonoftheGreatPowers’ForceStrengthsin ManpowerEquivalents(circaJanuary1940) 204 8.3 EconomicCapability/WarPotential(1938) 205 vii

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