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Author:

Lee, Melissa M,. 1985- author.

Title:

Crippling Leviathan : how foreign subversion weakens the state / Melissa M. Lee.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

x, 248 pages ; illustations, maps, 24 cm

Subject:

Political stability.
Subversive activities.
Sovereignty, Violation of.
Authority.
State, The.
Legitimacy of governments.
International relations.
Authority.
International relations.
Legitimacy of governments.
Political stability.
Sovereignty, Violation of.
State, The.
Subversive activities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents:

Introduction : The International Dimensions of State Weakness -- The State of State Authority -- The Strategy of Foreign Subversion -- Hostile Neighbors, Weak Peripheries -- The Roots of Subversion -- Undermining State Authority in the Philippines -- Undermining State Authority in Cambodia -- Conclusion : The Leviathan, Crippled.

Summary:

""Lee argues that foreign subversion weakens the state and prevents state consolidation. She presents evidence from in-depth studies of Russia's relations with the post-Soviet states, Malaysian subversion of the Philippines in the 1970s, and Thai subversion of Vietnamese-occupied Cambodia in the 1980s"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

150174836X
9781501748363

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1112898576

LCCN:

2019034444

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)