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Title

Force and statecraft : diplomatic challenges of our time / Paul Gordon Lauren, University of Montana, Gordon A. Craig, Stanford University (Emeritus), Alexander L. George, Standford University (Emeritus).

Author

Lauren, Paul Gordon

Publication

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]

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Additional Authors

• Craig, Gordon Alexander, 1913-2005,
• George, Alexander L.

Description

xii, 324 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Subject

• Diplomacy
• World politics > 19th century
• World politics > 20th century
• World politics > 21st century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE FROM THE PAST TO THE PRESENT -- 1. The Emergence of Diplomacy and the Great Powers -- The Early Practices, Techniques, and Ideas of Diplomacy -- War, States, and Raison d'etat in the Seventeenth Century -- War and Competition in the Eighteenth Century -- 2. The Classical System of Diplomacy, 1815-1914 -- Building a System with a Balance of Power and a Concert -- Change and an Experiment with a Defensive Alliance System -- Further Change and an Experiment with Bipolar Alignment -- Characteristics of the System -- 3. The Diplomatic Revolution Begins, 1919-1939 -- Attempts at Peacemaking and System Building -- Public Opinion and "Public Diplomacy" -- Economics and "Economic Diplomacy" -- A Dialogue des Sourds with Contrasting Norms and Objectives -- 4. A New Postwar System of Security: Great Power Directorate or United Nations? -- Lessons from the Past and Plans for the Future -- Force and Statecraft as Envisioned by the UN Charter -- Changing World Conditions and Readjustments
• 5. The Cold War -- The Origins and Escalation of the Cold War -- Seeking Restraints Through Deterrence, Diplomacy, and Detente -- Persistent Problems and the Final Demise of the Cold War -- 6. The Evolving International System -- "A World in a Rapid State of Transition" -- Challenges to Nation-States and National Sovereignty -- Terrorists and the "Global War on Terror" -- Partners and/or Rivals? -- pt. TWO HISTORY, THEORY, AND PRACTICE -- 7. Lessons of History and Knowledge for Statecraft -- Classical Writers on the Importance of Historical Lessons -- The Historical Habit of Mind -- The Challenges of Learning and Applying Lessons of History -- Structured, Focused Comparisons -- 8. Negotiation -- Principles of Negotiation -- The Congress of Vienna, 1814-1815 -- The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, 1972-1975 -- Contemporary Negotiations Over Nuclear Weapons in North Korea -- Analysis -- 9. Deterrence -- Principles of Deterrence -- Collective Security for the Post-1815 Settlement -- British and French Attempts to Deter Hitler, 1939 -- Contemporary American Deterrence Over Taiwan -- Analysis
• 10. Coercive Diplomacy -- Principles of Coercive Diplomacy -- American "Gunboat Diplomacy," 1852-1854 -- The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 -- Contemporary Coercion Against Iran -- Analysis -- 11. Crisis Management -- Principles of Crisis Management -- Bismarck as an "Honest Broker" in the Crisis of 1878 -- The "Gunsof August," 1914 -- Terrorism and the Mumbai Crisis, 2008 -- Analysis -- pt. THREE RESTRAINTS AND REFEECTIONS -- 12. Ethics and Other Restraints on Force and Statecraft -- Practical, Structural, and Political Restraints -- Ethics and International Politics -- Ethical Restraints for Statecraft -- Ethical Restraints for Armed Force.

ISBN

• 9780195395464
• 0195395468

LCCN

^^2013003849

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library