Dominant Powers and Subordinate States

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction: About This Volume / Jan F. Triska 1

Part I. History of the Two Regions

1. Historical Complexity / Jeffrey L. Hughes 25

2. Historical Overview and Comparative Analysis / Robert Wesson 47

3. Economic Change and State Development / James R. Kurth 85

Part II. Concepts and Theories

4. Dominant-Subordinate Relationships: How Shall We Define Them? How Do We Compare Them? / David B. Abernathy 103

5. On Influence and Spheres of Influence / Paul Keal 124

6. Sphere-of-Interest Behavior: A Literature Search and Methodological Reflections / Gabriel A. Almond 145

7. On Bargaining / Jeffrey L. Hughes 168

Part III. Dominant Powers

8. The Dominant Powers and Their Strategies / David D. Finley 201

9. The Logics of Hegemony: The United States as a Superpower in Central America / Terry Karl and Richard R. Fagen 218

10. The Military as an Instrument of Influence and Control / Condoleezza Rice 239

11. Military Interventions: Doctrines, Motives, Goals, and Outcomes / Jiri Valenta 261

Part IV. Subordinate States

12. The Subordinate States and Their Strategies / Paul M. Johnson 285

13. Capitalist Dependency and Socialist Dependency: The Case of Cuba / Robert A. Packenham 310

14. The Politics of Dependence in Poland and Mexico / Jeffrey L. Hughes 342

Part V. Evolution of Spheres of Influence

15. Costs of Domination, Benefits of Subordination / Paul Marer and Kazimierz Z. Poznanski 371

16. Dominant Powers and Subordinate Regions: 1914 and Today / Richard Ned Lebow 400

17. The Future of Dominant-Subordinate Systems / Michael I. Handel 423

Summary and Conclusion / Jan F. Triska 440

Sources 471

Index 499

Contibutors 505