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The New World of International Relations
3rd Edition
Published on 1. December 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-13-252611-1 (ISBN)
Description
Using a style that avoids jargon and abstract theory, this introduction to international relations exaimines political conflict and conflict management. It blends the basic concepts and vocabulary of international relations with historical background and examples from current and ongoing events.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Upper Saddle River
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
583 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-252611-1 (9780132526111)
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09/1998
4th Edition
Pearson
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12/1993
2nd Edition
Pearson Education (US)
€56.98
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Content
The Cold War come and gone: strange new world - systems and states in transformation; America faces the World - historic national interests, goals, and strategies; wrong, terribly wrong - the United States and Vietnam; can the United States lead the World; from Russia to the Soviet Union; from the Soviet Union back to Russia. The global South: South Africa - the last colony; Arabs and Israelis - the rocky road to accommodation; oil and turmoil - the Persian Gulf wars; Central America and the Caribbean - from sphere of influence to shaky independence; economic development - the rich and the poor. The eternal threats: national security - how states protect themselves; nuclear politics- is The Bomb here to stay?; terrorism. The economic blocs: d-mark - the rise of United Europe; yen - the rise of the Pacific rim; dollar- the decline of U.S. economic leadership. The politics of a new world: diplomacy; international law; the United Nations; peacekeeping - beyond war.