The great powers' dilemma : uncertainty, intentions, and rising power politics -- The politics of legitimacy : how a rising power's right makes might -- America's ambiguous ambition : Britain and the accommodation of the United States, 1817-1823 -- Prussia's rule-bound revolution : Europe and the destruction of the balance of power, 1863-1864 -- Germany's rhetorical rage : Britain and the abandonment of appeasement, 1938-1939 -- Japan's folly : Manchuria and the turn to revolution, 1931-1933 -- Conclusion : legitimacy, power, and strategy.
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"Analyzes the question of whether great powers choose to accommodate, contain, or confront a rising power depends on the legitimacy of the challenger's expansionist aims"--