Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. 1. The Myth Of Security Through Expansion 1
5. 2. Three Theories Of Overexpansion 21
6. 3. Germany And The Pattern Of Late Development 66
7. 4. Japan's Bid For Autarky 112
8. 5. Social Imperialism In Victorian Britain 153
9. 6. Soviet Politics And Strategic Learning 212
10. 7. America's Cold War Consensus 255
11. 8. Overexpansion: Origins And Antidotes 305
12. Index 323