No common power : understanding international relations /
Lieber, Robert J., 1941-
No common power : understanding international relations / Robert J. Lieber. - Fourth edition. - xii, 398 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the Context of World Politics -- Understanding International Relations -- The International System and the Modern State -- Conflict in the International System -- The East-West Conflict: Origins -- East-West Relations and the End of the Cold War -- The North-South Conflict -- Nuclear Weapons and World Politics -- Watersheds in International Relations -- Interpretations of the Past: 1914 Versus 1938 -- A Glimpse into the Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis -- Vietnam and the Limits of Intervention -- Oil and the World Political Economy -- Order and the 'Anarchical Society.' -- The Causes of War -- The Search for Global Order -- European Union and the Search for Regional Order -- Globalization and the Search for Economic Order -- Conclusion: Anarchy, Order, and Constraint -- Conclusion. I. 1. 2. II. 3. 4. 5. 6. III. 7. 8. 9. 10. IV. 11. 12. 13. 14. V. 15.
0130115045 9780130115041
00025982
International relations
Balance of power
World politics--1945-1989
JZ1242. / L53 2001
327
No common power : understanding international relations / Robert J. Lieber. - Fourth edition. - xii, 398 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the Context of World Politics -- Understanding International Relations -- The International System and the Modern State -- Conflict in the International System -- The East-West Conflict: Origins -- East-West Relations and the End of the Cold War -- The North-South Conflict -- Nuclear Weapons and World Politics -- Watersheds in International Relations -- Interpretations of the Past: 1914 Versus 1938 -- A Glimpse into the Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis -- Vietnam and the Limits of Intervention -- Oil and the World Political Economy -- Order and the 'Anarchical Society.' -- The Causes of War -- The Search for Global Order -- European Union and the Search for Regional Order -- Globalization and the Search for Economic Order -- Conclusion: Anarchy, Order, and Constraint -- Conclusion. I. 1. 2. II. 3. 4. 5. 6. III. 7. 8. 9. 10. IV. 11. 12. 13. 14. V. 15.
0130115045 9780130115041
00025982
International relations
Balance of power
World politics--1945-1989
JZ1242. / L53 2001
327