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Compound Dilemmas - Democracy, Collective Action and Superpower Rivalry (Hardcover)
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Compound Dilemmas - Democracy, Collective Action and Superpower Rivalry (Hardcover)
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For most of the period after World War II until the fall of the
Soviet empire, there was a remarkable consensus in the United
States in support of our policies toward the Soviet Union. This
consensus resulted in enormous defense expenditures and in the
development of a system of alliances that spanned the globe and
marked a vast expansion of America's overseas obligations.
"Compound Dilemmas" addresses the question of how such widespread
domestic support for a very expensive and continual arms race
developed. Current models of the arms race often fail to explain
the persistence of American support or the pattern of the U.S.
response to Soviet actions. Michael D. McGinnis and John T.
Williams use social choice theory to offer a new understanding of
popular support for U.S. Cold War policies, including the American
arms buildup. The authors consider the use domestic actors made of
information about Soviet military expenditures in developing
consensus on the size and nature of the appropriate American
military response. In addition, their use of game theory and
statistical analysis offers new insights into how these methods
might be employed to understand foreign policy questions.
This book will appeal to political scientists interested
particularly in methodology, international relations, and American
aspects of the political system. It will also be of interest to
readers seeking information about the Cold War and its arms race.
Michael D. McGinnis is Associate Professor of Political Science,
Indiana University. John T. Williams is Professor of Political
Science, Indiana University.
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