Force and Statecraft Diplomatic Challenges of Our Time

by Lauren, Paul Gordon; Craig, Gordon A.; George, Alexander L.

• ISBN13: 9780195162493
• ISBN10: 0195162498
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-31
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Force and Statecraft is a concise historical account and insightful analysis of diplomacy. It combines history, political science, and international law in a unique interdisciplinary approach to explore how lessons from the rich experience of the past can be brought to bear on the diplomaticchallenges that confront our world today. Now thoroughly revised, updated, and enhanced, the book combines the cumulative insights and reflections of three distinguished scholars with international reputations who have written more than fifty books between them. Paul Gordon Lauren has been involved with the book from the beginning andbrings a fresh perspective to this edition. In lucid prose and clear organization, the fourth edition surveys the evolution of the international system from the emergence of diplomacy and the rise of the modern state in the seventeenth century to the present. It then takes the reader into ananalysis of some of the most important issues of statecraft. Now much more international and global in scope, this edition contains a number of new case studies, including the negotiations over nuclear weapons in North Korea, and a discussion of recent events. It also offers completely new orsignificantly expanded coverage of such topics as the impact of terrorism and 9/11, international human rights, ethics, the "lessons" of history, globalization, the United Nations, the growing role of nonstate actors, weapons of mass destruction, just war theory, and the legitimate use of armedforce. For the first time, this edition contains illustrations, maps, and website references to guide readers. Force and Statecraft is both a classic and a timely resource ideal for those interested in diplomatic history, international relations, foreign affairs, statecraft, and security studies.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Fourth Edition	x
Introduction	xii
PART ONE: FROM THE PAST TO THE PRESENT
1 The Emergence of Diplomacy and the Great Powers	3	(21)
The Early Techniques, Instruments, and Ideas of Diplomacy	3	(4)
States and Raison d'état in the Seventeenth Century	7	(6)
War and Competition in the Eighteenth Century	13	(11)
2 The Classical System of Diplomacy, 1815-1914	24	(23)
Building a System with a Balance of Power and a Concert	24	(8)
Change and an Experiment with a Defensive Alliance System	32	(4)
Further Change and an Experiment with Bipolar Alignment	36	(4)
Characteristics of the System	40	(7)
3 The Diplomatic Revolution Begins, 1919-1939	47	(23)
Attempts at Peacemaking and System Building	47	(7)
Public Opinion and Foreign Policy	54	(4)
Economics and Foreign Policy	58	(2)
Totalitarian and Democratic Diplomacy and the Contrast of Norms	60	(10)
4 A Postwar System of Security: Great-Power Directorate or United Nations?	70	(18)
Plans for a Postwar System of Security	70	(3)
Force and Statecraft as Envisioned by the United Nations Charter	73	(4)
Changing World Conditions and Readjustments	77	(11)
5 The Cold War	88	(22)
The Origins and Escalation of the Cold War	88	(7)
Seeking Restraints Through Deterrence, Diplomacy, and Detente	95	(6)
Persistent Problems and the Final Demise of the Cold War	101	(9)
6 The Evolving International System	110	(27)
"A World in a Rapid State of Transition"	110	(6)
Challenges to Nation-States and National Sovereignty	116	(3)
Terrorists and the "War on Terrorism"	119	(3)
Partners or Rivals?	122	(15)
PART TWO: HISTORY, THEORY, AND PRACTICE
7 Lessons of History and Knowledge for Statecraft	137	(15)
Classical Writers on the Importance of Historical Lessons	137	(3)
The Historical Habit of Mind	140	(3)
The Challenges of Learning and Applying Lessons of History	143	(5)
Structured, Focused Comparisons	148	(4)
8 Negotiation	152	(23)
Principles of Negotiation	153	(4)
The Congress of Vienna, 1814-1815	157	(3)
The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, 1972-1975	160	(4)
Negotiations Over Nuclear Weapons in North Korea, 1993-2006	164	(3)
Analysis	167	(8)
9 Deterrence	175	(23)
Principles of Deterrence	177	(3)
Collective Security for the Post-1815 Settlement	180	(2)
British and French Attempts to Deter Hitler's Attack on Poland, 1939	182	(4)
Contemporary American Deterrence Over Taiwan	186	(3)
Analysis	189	(9)
10 Coercive Diplomacy	198	(22)
Principles of Coercive Diplomacy	200	(3)
American "Gunboat Diplomacy," 1852-1854	203	(3)
U.S. Policy Toward Japan, 1938-1941	206	(4)
The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962	210	(2)
Analysis	212	(8)
11 Crisis Management	220	(25)
Principles of Crisis Management	221	(4)
Bismarck as an "Honest Broker" in the Crisis of 1878	225	(3)
The "Guns of August," 1914	228	(4)
Managing the 1973 Arab-Israeli War	232	(3)
Analysis	235	(10)
PART THREE: RESTRAINTS AND REFLECTIONS
12 Ethics and Other Restraints on Force and Statecraft	245	(24)
Practical, Structural, and Political Restraints	245	(4)
Ethics and International Politics	249	(6)
Ethical Restraints for Foreign Policy	255	(5)
Ethical Restraints for Armed Force	260	(9)
Conclusion: Reflections on Force and Statecraft and the Diplomatic Challenges of Our Time	269	(11)
Index	280