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Book SynopsisCan foreign invaders successfully exploit industrial economies? This work demonstrates that expansion can, in fact, provide rewards to aggressor nations. It argues that invaders can exploit industrial societies for short periods of time and can maintain control and economic performance over the long term.
Trade Review"An outstanding piece of multilingual historical and economic research in the service of social science."--Foreign Affairs "This close study of five major occupations (including the Nazi, Japanese, and Soviet empires) concludes that conquest pays handsomely. The costs are low; the benefits potentially large. This is a valuable analysis, of significance for strategic study of the 20th century, and of disturbing implications for architects of the current international system."--The Virginia Quarterly Review of History
Table of ContentsList of Figures and TablesPreface and AcknowledgmentsCh. 1Does Conquest Pay?3Ch. 2When Does Conquest Pay?18Ch. 3Nazi-Occupied Western Europe, 1940-194436Ch. 4Belgium and Luxembourg, 1914-191869Ch. 5The Ruhr-Rhineland, 1923-192487Ch. 6The Japanese Empire, 1910-194599Ch. 7The Soviet Empire, 1945-1989120Ch. 8The Spoils of Conquest146Notes159Works Cited209Index243
