TY - BOOK AU - Lee,Dong Sun TI - Power shifts, strategy and war : declining states and international conflict SN - 9780415773386 AV - JZ1313 .L44 2008 U1 - 327.112 22 PY - 2008/// CY - London 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 -