| Description |
xxiii, 622 pages ; 25 cm |
| Series |
The library of essays in international relations |
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Library of essays in international relations.
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| Contents |
Part I How the Structure of the International System Constrains Nations' Choices -- Theories of war in an era of leading-power peace -- The future of the American pacifier -- The stability of a unipolar world -- Legitimacy and the use of force: can the circle be squared? -- Escape from the state of nature: authority and hierarchy in world politics -- Same war, different views: Germany, Japan, and counterterrorism -- Part II How Domestic Politics May Affect Decisions on War and Peace -- The democratic advantage: institutional foundations of financial power in international competition -- Seeking peace in a post-Cold War world of hegemony and terrorism -- The antinomy of democratic peace -- The democratic peace theory reframed: the impact of modernity -- The clash of civilizations? -- Part III How Individual and Small Group Behaviour Can Affect Foreign Policy -- Conceptual models and the Cuban missile crisis -- The integrative complexity of American decision makers in the Cuban missile crisis -- Democratic leaders and the democratic peace: the operational codes of Tony Blair and Bill Clinton -- Foreign policy and the rational public in comparative perspective -- Gender differences in public attitudes toward the use of force by the United States, 1990-2003 -- Further tests of the women and peace hypothesis: evidence from cross-national survey research in the Middle East -- Part IV How International Organizations Can Affect the Security of States and Peoples -- Why states act through formal international organizations -- The politics, power, and pathologies of international organizations -- Does peacekeeping keep peace? International intervention and the duration of peace after civil war -- 'Women and children first': gender, norms, and humanitarian evacuation in the Balkans, 1991-95 |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Conflict management.
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Security, International.
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| Author |
Russett, Bruce M.
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| LC no. |
2007037595 |
| ISBN |
9780754627395 (alk. paper) |
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