ABSTRACT

A new Edition of this well-established introduction to international polits. As with the previous two editions, the book's emphasisis on states, the conflicts that divide them, the intruments they employ to pursue their ideals and secure their interesrts, and the systems of precepts and practices through which conflicts are worked out.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

part A|72 pages

States and their setting

chapter 2|21 pages

The world economy

chapter 4|20 pages

States and conflict

part B|70 pages

The instruments of conflict

chapter 5|14 pages

Secret intelligence

chapter 6|21 pages

Force

chapter 7|16 pages

Economic statecraft

chapter 8|17 pages

Propaganda

part C|82 pages

The states-system

chapter 10|18 pages

The balance of power

chapter 11|21 pages

Diplomacy

chapter 12|12 pages

Peacekeeping

chapter 13|12 pages

The UN welfare network

chapter 14|2 pages

Conclusion