TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nye,Joseph S.
AU  - Welch,David
TI  - Understanding global conflict and cooperation: an introduction to theory and history 
SN  - 9780205778744
AV  - JZ1305 .N94 2011
U1  - 327.10904 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Pearson Longman
KW  - International relations
KW  - War (International law)
KW  - World politics
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 21st century
N1  - 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
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