Author Question: Imperial overstretch is best defined as a. when a country becomes geographically too big to rule. ... (Read 103 times)

genevieve1028 · **on:** Sep 3, 2018

Imperial overstretch is best defined as

a. when a country becomes geographically too big to rule.
b. when a country strikes a balance between being isolationist and highly interventionist.
c. an approach that relies on self-help and independent strategies in foreign policy.
d. when an imperializing country has too many colonies to be able to support.
e. the historic tendency for superpowers to overspend militarily and weaken their economies leaving them vulnerable to rivals.

Question 2

The ability to influence foreign affairs through factors such as a state's values and institutions rather than through military might is referred to as

a. soft power.
b. unilateralism.
c. the Truman Doctrine.
d. liberalism.
e. containment.