Force And Statecraft

Author : Gordon Alexander Craig,Alexander L. George
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015034506033

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Force and Statecraft by Gordon Alexander Craig,Alexander L. George Pdf

In this classic text, an eminent historian of international affairs and a distinguished political scientist survey the evolution of the international system, from the emergence of the modern state in the 17th century to the present. Craig and George pay particular attention to the nineteenth century's "balance-of-power" system, the basic tenets of which still determine many applications of modern diplomacy. The authors also focus on the ways in which the 20th century diplomatic revolution--a complex of military, political, economic and ideological factors--has destroyed the homogeneity of the international community and confronted diplomats with new problems and the need to find new expedients to deal with them.The revised third edition brings these arguments up to date with expanded chapters, newly-added discussions and case studies, and entirely new material reflecting the altered political landscape of the 1990's, with chapters on the Gulf War, the collaps of communism in Eastern Europe, the reunification of Germany, and the break-up of the Soviet Union. Force and Statecraft remains the standard resource for students in the fields of international relations and diplomatic history.

Author : Paul Gordon Lauren,Gordon A. Craig,Alexander L. George
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Diplomacy
ISBN : 0190062630

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Force and Statecraft by Paul Gordon Lauren,Gordon A. Craig,Alexander L. George Pdf

"Uniquely combining history, political science, and international law, this classic, timely and concise resource provides a historical discussion and insightful analysis of diplomacy"--

Author : Paul Gordon Lauren,Gordon Alexander Craig,Alexander L. George
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Diplomacy
ISBN : 0195162498

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Force and Statecraft by Paul Gordon Lauren,Gordon Alexander Craig,Alexander L. George Pdf

Suitable for upper division courses in Diplomatic History, Diplomacy and Statecraft, or history of foreign relations. This title is divided into three parts: the first section is a survey of international history and diplomacy; the second part is about specific problems; and the third explores ethics and other restraints on force and statecraft.

Author : Margaret Thatcher
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780008264048

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Statecraft by Margaret Thatcher Pdf

Lady Thatcher, a unique figure in global politics, shares her views about the dangers and opportunities of the new millennium.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428913837

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Force, Statecraft, and German Unity: The Struggle to Adapt Institutions and Practices by Anonim Pdf

Author : David A. Baldwin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 9780691204437

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Economic Statecraft by David A. Baldwin Pdf

Introduction -- Techniques of statecraft -- What is economic statecraft? -- Thinking about economic statecraft -- Economic statecraft in international thought -- Bargaining with economic statecraft -- National power and economic statecraft -- "Classic cases" reconsidered -- Foreign trade -- Foreign aid -- The legality and morality of economic statecraft -- Conclusion -- Afterword : economic statecraft : continuity and change / Ethan B. Kapstein.

Author : Robert D. Blackwill,Jennifer M. Harris
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780674545984

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War by Other Means by Robert D. Blackwill,Jennifer M. Harris Pdf

Nations carry out geopolitical combat through economic means. Yet America often reaches for the gun over the purse to advance its interests abroad. Robert Blackwill and Jennifer Harris show that if U.S. policies are left uncorrected, the price in blood and treasure will only grow. Geoeconomic warfare requires a new vision of U.S. statecraft.

Author : Kyle J. Wolfley
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781538150658

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Military Statecraft and the Rise of Shaping in World Politics by Kyle J. Wolfley Pdf

Winner of the Andrew F. Krepinevich Writing Award A 2022 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title Selected for the Irregular Warfare Initiative’s Inaugural Reading List (2022) In today’s complex international environment, how do the United States, China, and Russia manage the return of great power competition as well as the persistent threat of violent non-state actors? This book explores "shaping": the use of military power to construct a more favorable environment by influencing the characteristics of other militaries, altering the relationships between them, or managing the behavior of allies. As opposed to traditional strategies of warfighting or coercion, shaping relies less on threats, demonstrations, and uses of violence and more on attraction, persuasion, and legitimacy. Because shaping relies more on soft power than on hard power, this approach contradicts the conventional wisdom of the purpose militaries serve. Kyle J. Wolfley explores the emergence of shaping in classical strategy and its increased frequency following the end of the Cold War when threats and allies became more ambiguous. He illustrates the four logics of shaping—attraction, socialization, delegation, and assurance—through five case studies of recent major military exercise programs led by the United States, China, India, the United Kingdom, and Russia. Moreover, the author reveals through sentiment analysis and statistics of over one thousand multinational exercises from 1980 to 2016 how major powers reacted to a complex international environment by expanding the number and scope of shaping exercises. Illuminating an understudied but surprisingly common tool of military statecraft, this book offers a fresh understanding of military power in today's competitive international system.

Author : Alexander Thompson
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801458132

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Channels of Power by Alexander Thompson Pdf

When President George W. Bush launched an invasion of Iraq in March of 2003, he did so without the explicit approval of the Security Council. His father's administration, by contrast, carefully funneled statecraft through the United Nations and achieved Council authorization for the U.S.-led Gulf War in 1991. The history of American policy toward Iraq displays considerable variation in the extent to which policies were conducted through the UN and other international organizations. In Channels of Power, Alexander Thompson surveys U.S. policy toward Iraq, starting with the Gulf War, continuing through the interwar years of sanctions and coercive disarmament, and concluding with the 2003 invasion and its long aftermath. He offers a framework for understanding why powerful states often work through international organizations when conducting coercive policies-and why they sometimes choose instead to work alone or with ad hoc coalitions. The conventional wisdom holds that because having legitimacy for their actions is important for normative reasons, states seek multilateral approval. Channels of Power offers a rationalist alternative to these standard legitimation arguments, one based on the notion of strategic information transmission: When state actions are endorsed by an independent organization, this sends politically crucial information to the world community, both leaders and their publics, and results in greater international support.

Author : Benn Steil,Robert E. Litan
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780300128260

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Financial Statecraft by Benn Steil,Robert E. Litan Pdf

divAs trade flows expanded and trade agreements proliferated after World War II, governments—most notably the United States—came increasingly to use their power over imports and exports to influence the behavior of other countries. But trade is not the only way in which nations interact economically. Over the past two decades, another form of economic exchange has risen to a level of vastly greater significance and political concern: the purchase and sale of financial assets across borders. Nearly $2 trillion worth of currency now moves cross-border every day, roughly 90 percent of which is accounted for by financial flows unrelated to trade in goods and services—a stunning inversion of the figures in 1970. The time is ripe to ask fundamental questions about what Benn Steil and Robert Litan have coined as “financial statecraft,” or those aspects of economic statecraft directed at influencing international capital flows. How precisely has the American government practiced financial statecraft? How effective have these efforts been? And how can they be made more effective? The authors provide penetrating and incisive answers in this timely and stimulating book. /DIV

Author : Hal Brands,Jeremi Suri
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815727132

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The Power of the Past by Hal Brands,Jeremi Suri Pdf

Leading scholars and policymakers explore how history influences foreign policy and offer insights on how the study of the past can more usefully serve the present. History, with its insights, analogies, and narratives, is central to the ways that the United States interacts with the world. Historians and policymakers, however, rarely engage one another as effectively or fruitfully as they might. This book bridges that divide, bringing together leading scholars and policymakers to address the essential questions surrounding the history-policy relationship including Mark Lawrence on the numerous, and often contradictory, historical lessons that American observers have drawn from the Vietnam War; H. W. Brands on the role of analogies in U.S. policy during the Persian Gulf crisis and war of 1990–91; and Jeremi Suri on Henry Kissinger's powerful use of history.

Author : P. Schroeder
Publisher : Springer
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137061386

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Systems, Stability, and Statecraft by P. Schroeder Pdf

Few scholars have provided as much insight into the struggle of leaders, ideas, and policies as Paul W. Schroeder. Constantly challenging conventional views, and drawing upon a masterly command of the sources and literature, Schroeder provides new answers to old questions about international history and politics since the age of Napoleon. Were European international relations really driven by balance of power politics, or has that traditional view blinded us to an underlying normative consensus on the 'rules of the game' that frequently contributed to cooperation among the leading states in the system? Are alliances primarily a means of the aggregation of power against stronger states, or do states often use alliances as instruments of influence or control over their allies? Was World War I contingent upon a confluence of independent processes that intersected in 1914, or was it the product of more deeply-rooted and interconnected structural forces that pushed inevitably toward war? What is the role of moral judgment in historical investigation? Raising new questions and offering provocative new interpretations, Schroeder encourages historians and political scientists alike to reconsider their long-standing beliefs about the evolution and dynamics of modern diplomacy.

Author : Carl von Clausewitz
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-22
Category : Science
ISBN : EAN:4066339538344

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On War by Carl von Clausewitz Pdf

"On War" by Carl von Clausewitz (translated by J. J. Graham). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Francis J. Gavin
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801465765

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Nuclear Statecraft by Francis J. Gavin Pdf

We are at a critical juncture in world politics. Nuclear strategy and policy have risen to the top of the global policy agenda, and issues ranging from a nuclear Iran to the global zero movement are generating sharp debate. The historical origins of our contemporary nuclear world are deeply consequential for contemporary policy, but it is crucial that decisions are made on the basis of fact rather than myth and misapprehension. In Nuclear Statecraft, Francis J. Gavin challenges key elements of the widely accepted narrative about the history of the atomic age and the consequences of the nuclear revolution. On the basis of recently declassified documents, Gavin reassesses the strategy of flexible response, the influence of nuclear weapons during the Berlin Crisis, the origins of and motivations for U.S. nuclear nonproliferation policy, and how to assess the nuclear dangers we face today. In case after case, he finds that we know far less than we think we do about our nuclear history. Archival evidence makes it clear that decision makers were more concerned about underlying geopolitical questions than about the strategic dynamic between two nuclear superpowers. Gavin's rigorous historical work not only tells us what happened in the past but also offers a powerful tool to explain how nuclear weapons influence international relations. Nuclear Statecraft provides a solid foundation for future policymaking.

Author : D. Chollet
Publisher : Springer
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781403978899

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The Road to the Dayton Accords by D. Chollet Pdf

The intricate diplomacy that led to the peace agreement in Bosnia, known as the Dayton Accords, is here revealed in unprecedented detail. Based on thousands of still-classified government documents and dozens of interviews with key participants, this is a comprehensive story of high-level diplomacy, told from the inside.