TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lee, Dong Sun,
TI  - Power shifts, strategy, and war: declining states and international conflict 
SN  - 9780415773386(hbk)
AV  - JZ1313 .L44 2008
U1  - 327.112 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - London ;, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Balance of power
KW  - International relations
KW  - World politics
KW  - 1945-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-208) and index; Introduction -- A strategic theory of preventive war -- The Russo-German rapprochement, 1870-90-- The Schlieffen Plan and World War I -- Pearl Harbor attack plan and the Pacific War -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Coding cases of power shifts
N2  - International relations scholars agree that marked changes in the balance of power between states are among the most common causes of war. This book explains why such power shifts lead to war breaking out in some cases, but not in others
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007024976.html
ER  -