5. U.S. Strategy and the Decline of the Soviet Union

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Rising States and the Fate of Declining Great Powers 1
5. 1. Predation Theory 13
6. 2. A Formerly Great Britain: Predicting U.S. and Soviet Strategy 42
7. 3. The U.S. and Soviet Response to Britain’s Decline 63
8. 4. Watching the Soviet Union Decline: Assessing Change and Predicting U.S. Strategy 99
9. 5. U.S. Strategy and the Decline of the Soviet Union 119
10. Conclusion: Rising Powers, the Fate of Declining States, and the Future of Great Power Politics 160
11. Appendix 1. Declining Great Powers, 1860–1913 187
12. Appendix 2. Interviews Conducted with Former U.S. Government Officials 191
13. Notes 195
14. Index 255