Understanding global conflict and cooperation : an introduction to theory and history /
Nye, Joseph S.
Understanding global conflict and cooperation : an introduction to theory and history / Joseph S. Nye, Jr., David Welch. - 8th edtion - xiv, 338 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Rev. ed. of: Understanding international conflicts, c2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Robert O. Keohane --
1. Is there an enduring logic of conflict in world politics? --
What is international politics? --
The Peloponnesian War --
Ethical questions and international politics. --
2. Explaining conflict and cooperation : tools and techniques of the trade --
Key concepts --
Levels of analysis --
Paradigms nd theories --
Counterfactuals and "virtual history." --
3. From Westphalia to World War I --
Managing great power conflict : balance and concert --
The origins of World War I. --
4. The failure of collective security and World War II --
The rise and fall of collective security --
The origins of World War II. --
5. The Cold War --
Deterrence and containment --
Three approaches to the Cold War --
Roosevelt's policies --
Stalin's policies --
Phases of the conflict --
Inevitability? --
Levels of analysis --
U.S. and Soviet goals in the Cold War --
Containment --
The Vietnam War --
The rest of the Cold War --
The end of the Cold War --
The role of nuclear weapons. --
6. Post-Cold War conflict and cooperation --
Managing conflict --
International law and organization --
Intrastate conflict --
Interstate conflict. --
7. Globalization and interdependence --
The dimensions of globalization --
The concept of interdependence --
The politics of oil. --
The information revolution and transnational actors --
Power and the information revolution --
Transnational actors --
Conclusions. --
9. What can we expect in the future? --
Alternative visions --
A new world order? --
Thinking about the future.
9780205778744 0205778747
2009054349
International relations.
War (International law)
World politics--20th century.
World politics--21st century.
JZ1305 / .N94 2011
327.10904 / N.J.U
Understanding global conflict and cooperation : an introduction to theory and history / Joseph S. Nye, Jr., David Welch. - 8th edtion - xiv, 338 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Rev. ed. of: Understanding international conflicts, c2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Robert O. Keohane --
1. Is there an enduring logic of conflict in world politics? --
What is international politics? --
The Peloponnesian War --
Ethical questions and international politics. --
2. Explaining conflict and cooperation : tools and techniques of the trade --
Key concepts --
Levels of analysis --
Paradigms nd theories --
Counterfactuals and "virtual history." --
3. From Westphalia to World War I --
Managing great power conflict : balance and concert --
The origins of World War I. --
4. The failure of collective security and World War II --
The rise and fall of collective security --
The origins of World War II. --
5. The Cold War --
Deterrence and containment --
Three approaches to the Cold War --
Roosevelt's policies --
Stalin's policies --
Phases of the conflict --
Inevitability? --
Levels of analysis --
U.S. and Soviet goals in the Cold War --
Containment --
The Vietnam War --
The rest of the Cold War --
The end of the Cold War --
The role of nuclear weapons. --
6. Post-Cold War conflict and cooperation --
Managing conflict --
International law and organization --
Intrastate conflict --
Interstate conflict. --
7. Globalization and interdependence --
The dimensions of globalization --
The concept of interdependence --
The politics of oil. --
The information revolution and transnational actors --
Power and the information revolution --
Transnational actors --
Conclusions. --
9. What can we expect in the future? --
Alternative visions --
A new world order? --
Thinking about the future.
9780205778744 0205778747
2009054349
International relations.
War (International law)
World politics--20th century.
World politics--21st century.
JZ1305 / .N94 2011
327.10904 / N.J.U