International Relations
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Nuclear Weapons and American Grand StrategyExploring what we know--and don't know--about how nuclear weapons shape American grand strategy and international relationsA 2020 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleThe world first confronted the power of nuclear weapons when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. The...
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Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American PowerOn the world maps common in America, the Western Hemisphere lies front and center, while the Indian Ocean region all but disappears. This convention reveals the geopolitical focus of the now-departed twentieth century, but in the twenty-first century that focus will fundamentally change. In...
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Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South AfricaEver since Nelson Mandela dramatically walked out of prison in 1990 after twenty-seven years behind bars, South Africa has been undergoing a radical transformation. In one of the most miraculous events of the century, the oppressive system of apartheid was dismantled. Repressive laws mandating...
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In Search of AfricaThere I was, standing alone, unable to cry as I said goodbye to Sidim Laye, my best friend, and to the revolution that had opened the door of modernity for me--the revolution that had invented me. This book gives us the story of a...
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Networks of Nations: The Evolution, Structure, and Impact of International Networks, 1816-2001In this book, Zeev Maoz offers a new theory of networked international politics. Maoz views the evolution of international relations over the last two centuries as a set of interacting, cooperative, and conflicting networks of states. The networks that emerged are the result of...
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Spying on the Bomb: American Nuclear Intelligence from Nazi Germany to Iran and North KoreaA global history of U.S. nuclear espionage from its World War II origins to twenty-first century threats from rogue states. For more than sixty years, the United States has monitored friends and foes who seek to develop the ultimate weapon. Since 1952 the nuclear...
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The Unspoken Alliance: Israel's Secret Relationship with Apartheid South AfricaPrior to the Six-Day War, Israel was a darling of the international left, vocally opposed to apartheid and devoted to building alliances with black leaders in newly independent African nations. South Africa, for its part, was controlled by a regime of Afrikaner nationalists who...
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Peace on Our Terms: The Global Battle for Women's Rights After the First World WarIn the watershed year of 1919, world leaders met in Paris, promising to build a new international order rooted in democracy and social justice. Female activists demanded that statesmen live up to their word. Excluded from the negotiating table, women met separately, crafted their...
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By More Than Providence: Grand Strategy and American Power in the Asia Pacific Since 1783Soon after the American Revolution, certain of the founders began to recognize the strategic significance of Asia and the Pacific and the vast material and cultural resources at stake there. Over the coming generations, the United States continued to ask how best to expand...
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Sex and World PeaceSex and World Peace unsettles a variety of assumptions in political and security discourse, demonstrating that the security of women is a vital factor in the security of the state and its incidence of conflict and war. The authors compare micro-level gender violence and...
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The Burden of Memory, the Muse of ForgivenessNobel Laureate in Literature Wole Soyinka considers all of Africa--indeed, all the world--as he poses this question: once repression stops, is reconciliation between oppressor and victim possible? In the face of centuries-long devastation wrought on the African continent and her Diaspora by slavery, colonialism,...
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The Treaty of Versailles: A Concise HistorySigned on June 28, 1919 between Germany and the principal Allied powers, the Treaty of Versailles formally ended World War I. Problematic from the very beginning, even its contemporaries saw the treaty as a mediocre compromise, creating a precarious order in Europe and abroad...
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United States Law and Policy on Transitional Justice: Principles, Politics, and PragmaticsIn United States Law and Policy on Transitional Justice: Principles, Politics, and Pragmatics, Zachary D. Kaufman explores the U.S. government's support for, or opposition to, certain transitional justice institutions. By first presenting an overview of possible responses to atrocities (such as war crimes tribunals)...
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The Treaty of Versailles: A Very Short IntroductionSigned on June 28, 1919 between Germany and the principal Allied powers, the Treaty of Versailles formally ended World War I. Problematic from the very beginning, even its contemporaries saw the treaty as a mediocre compromise, creating a precarious order in Europe and abroad...
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Kissinger the Negotiator: Lessons from Dealmaking at the Highest LevelForeword by Henry KissingerIn this groundbreaking, definitive guide to the art of negotiation, three Harvard professors--all experienced negotiators--offer a comprehensive examination of one of the most successful dealmakers of all time.Politicians, world leaders, and business executives around the world--including every President from John F....
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States and the Masters of Capital: Sovereign Lending, Old and NewToday, states' ability to borrow private capital depends on stringent evaluations of their creditworthiness. While many presume that this has long been the case, Quentin Bruneau argues that it is a surprisingly recent phenomenon-the outcome of a pivotal shift in the social composition of...
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Post-Chineseness: Cultural Politics and International RelationsThere have been few efforts to overcome the binary of China versus the West. The recent global political environment, with a deepening confrontation between China and the West, strengthens this binary image. Post-Chineseness boldly challenges the essentialized notion of Chineseness in existing scholarship through...
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A New Structure for Security, Peace, and Cooperation in the Persian GulfTensions between Iran and its Arab neighbors at the Persian Gulf have often been described as one of the challenges to the world peace and security over the past decade. As a result, one of the puzzles of the current international relations has been...
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United Nations Financial SanctionsThis book presents insightful perspectives on the invocation, implementation and application of UN-approved financial sanctions and related issues. With contributions from academics, diplomats and UN panel experts, Yoshimura offers an analysis of how the UN financial sanctions have evolved, the different roles of various...
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Diplomacy in Practice: A Critical ApproachThis book informs students about the practice of modern diplomacy while simultaneously inviting them to critically reflect on it. The work introduces the world of diplomacy from a practitioner's point of view. Rather than listening to what diplomats say they do, the book looks...
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