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Classics of International Relations

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ISBN-10: 0131466488

ISBN-13: 9780131466487

Edition: 3rd 1996

Authors: John A. Vasquez

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Appropriate for an undergraduate course in International Relations or International Relations Theory. Offering an innovative mix of 54 classic and contemporary readings by some of our greatest thinkers and scholars, this reputable book provides one of the best single analyses and introductions to the most enduring questions of international relations. Now updated with many selections from the 1990s, the text examines: 1) the relationship between morality and politics; 2) current debates over theory and method; 3) the nature of foreign policy and global conflict; and 4) how to create lasting peace, with a special focus on how to build and maintain peace in the post-cold war era.
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Book details

List price: $193.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 11/27/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.386

(NOTE: New Readings noted by *.)
Morality and Politics
Realism
The Melian Dialogue, Thucydides
From The Prince
The War and American Churches
Political Power: A Realist Theory of International Politics
Diplomacy in the Modern World
Just War and Idealism. Of War
The World Must Be Made Safe for Democracy; The Fourteen Points
The Radical Critique
Patriotism and Government; Patriotism and Christianity
Means and Ends; Passive Resistance; The Atom Bomb
Vietnam: Setting the Moral Equation
Debates over Methods and Theory
Defining International Relations Inquiry
Long Range Research in International Relations
International Theory: The Case for a Classical Approach
The Incompleat Theorist: Insight Without Evidence
The Third Debate: On the Prospects of International Theory in a Post-Positivist Era
Speaking the Language of Exile: Dissident Thought in International Studies
Challenging the Realist Paradigm
International Relations or World Society?
Coloring It Morgenthau: New Evidence for an Old Thesis on Quantitative International Politics
Social Forces, States and World Orders: Beyond International Relations Theory
Conflict Resolution: Problem Solving
Foreign Policy and Global Conflict
Explanations of Foreign Policy
Another Great Debate: The National Interest of the United States
National Security as an Ambiguous Symbol
Simulation and Reality: Validity Research
How Decision-Makers Learn from History
Bureaucratic Politics: A Paradigm and Some Policy Implications
Pre-Theories and Theories of Foreign Policy
Crisis. International Crisis as a Situational Variable
Perception and Action in the 1914 Crisis
From Conflict Among Nations
War. Of the Natural Condition of Mankind, as Concerning Their Felicity
Warfare Is Only an Invention Not a Biological Necessity
The Use of Mathematics; Arms Races
Dangerous Dyads: Conditions Affecting the Likelihood of War, 1816-1965
Capabilities, Allocations, and Success in Militarized Disputes and Wars, 1816-1976
Imperialism
The Place of Imperialism in History
A Structural Theory of Imperialism
From Nations in Conflict
The Search for Peace
The Balance of Power
Some Problems of International Systems Research
The Power Transition
From Theory of International Politics
Politico-Military Strategy and Nuclear Deterrence
On the Nature of War
The Three Types of Deterrence
The Gap Between Deterrence Theory and