Ir : The New World of International Relations

by Roskin, Michael G.; Berry, Nicholas O.

• ISBN13: 9780136130543
• ISBN10: 0136130542
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-06
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This introduction to international relations employs an exceptionally readable style that avoids jargon and abstract theory by blending basic concepts and vocabulary with a substantial amount of historical background and examples from current events. This readable style combined with new pedagogy allows readers to better understand how International Relations can and does affect their lives.Examines the many possible causes of war, ranging from human nature to aggressive states to international anarchy; Discusses the challenge of terrorism (especially the impact of 9/11 and its aftermath); Extensively covers the 2003 war and its aftermath in relation to oil and the Persian Gulf, the Soviet Union to Russian transition, Latin American and Africa, and Key figure profiles.For careers in International Relations, World Politics, and Globalization.

Table of Contents

Feature Boxes	p. xv
Preface	p. xxv
The Cold War Come and Gone	p. 1
Strange New World: Power and Systems in Transformation	p. 2
The European Balance-of-Power System	p. 5
The Unstable Interwar System	p. 7
The Bipolar Cold War System	p. 9
What Kind of New System?	p. 11
Are States Here to Stay?	p. 15
Is Sovereignty Slipping?	p. 17
Key Terms	p. 18
Key Web Sites	p. 19
Further Reference	p. 19
America's Changing National Interests	p. 20
Independence	p. 21
Manifest Destiny	p. 21
Imperialism	p. 24
World War I	p. 26
Isolationism	p. 28
World War II	p. 28
The Cold War	p. 29
Key Terms	p. 34
Key Web Sites	p. 34
Further Reference	p. 35
"Wrong, Terribly Wrong": The United States and Vietnam	p. 36
The Colonized Colonialists	p. 37
The First Indochina War	p. 38
The United States and the Geneva Accords	p. 41
Kennedy's Commitment	p. 43
LBJ: Victim or Villain?	p. 44
Extrication without Humiliation	p. 47
Morality and Feasibility	p. 49
Key Terms	p. 51
Key Web Sites	p. 51
Further Reference	p. 51
Can the United States Lead the World?	p. 53
From Interventionism to Caution	p. 54
Are Americans Basically Isolationists?	p. 55
The Continuity Principle	p. 57
A Contrary Congress	p. 60
Is the Structure Defective?	p. 62
Do Bureaucracies Make Foreign Policy?	p. 64
The Unilateralist Temptation	p. 65
To Lead or Not to Lead?	p. 67
Key Terms	p. 67
Key Web Sites	p. 68
Further Reference	p. 68
From Russia to the Soviet Union	p. 70
Invasion from the West	p. 73
War and Bolshevism	p. 74
Spreading the Revolution	p. 76
Stalin's Policy Mistakes	p. 77
The Great Patriotic War	p. 80
Yalta	p. 81
The Cold War	p. 82
Key Terms	p. 83
Key Web Sites	p. 83
Further Reference	p. 83
From the Soviet Union Back to Russia	p. 85
Khrushchev and the Loss of China	p. 86
Restive East Europe	p. 87
Khrushchev and the Cuban Missiles	p. 88
Brezhnev and Detente	p. 90
Afghanistan: A Soviet Vietnam	p. 91
Why the Soviet Collapse?	p. 92
Gorbachev and Collapse	p. 94
Foreign Policy: Generated Internally or Externally?	p. 96
Restoring Russian Power	p. 98
Key Terms	p. 101
Key Web Sites	p. 101
Further Reference	p. 101
The Global South	p. 103
South Africa and the End of Colonialism	p. 105
The Colonial Mentality	p. 107
The Wind of Change	p. 110
Reform instead of Revolution	p. 112
God Save Africa	p. 113
Key Terms	p. 115
Key Web Sites	p. 115
Further Reference	p. 116
Eternal Warfare in the Holy Land	p. 117
The Making of Jewish Nationalism	p. 117
The Making of Arab Nationalism	p. 119
World War I and the Mandate	p. 121
The 1948 War	p. 123
The 1956 War	p. 124
The Six Day War	p. 125
The 1973 War	p. 126
The Rise of Palestinian Nationalism	p. 127
The 1982 War	p. 128
Is There Hope?	p. 129
Lessons of the Arab-Israeli Conflict	p. 131
Key Terms	p. 132
Key Web Sites	p. 132
Further Reference	p. 132
Oil and Turmoil: The Persian Gulf	p. 134
Irascible Iran	p. 135
The First Gulf War	p. 140
The Second Gulf War	p. 141
The Third Gulf War	p. 144
Could Arabia Go the Way of Iran?	p. 146
Lessons of Three Gulf Wars	p. 148
Key Terms	p. 149
Key Web Sites	p. 149
Further Reference	p. 150
The Troubled Americas: Our Neglected South	p. 151
Spain Colonizes the New World	p. 153
Central America and the Caribbean	p. 153
Economic Dependency	p. 155
The Pattern of U.S. Intervention	p. 157
Cuba Leaves the U.S. Sphere	p. 160
Mexico: Drugs and Democracy	p. 162
What Can We Do?	p. 164
Key Terms	p. 166
Key Web Sites	p. 166
Further Reference	p. 167
Economic Development: The Rich and the Poor	p. 168
The Roots of Poverty	p. 169
Why Did the West Rise?	p. 172
The Population Explosion	p. 174
The Great Migration	p. 176
Socialist versus Market Paths	p. 179
Can Capitalism Uplift the Global South?	p. 180
Key Terms	p. 183
Key Web Sites	p. 183
Further Reference	p. 184
The Eternal Threats	p. 185
Why Wars?	p. 186
Micro Theories of War	p. 187
State-Level Theories of War	p. 188
Macro Theories of War	p. 191
Power Asymmetries	p. 192
Misperception	p. 193
The Power Dilemma	p. 195
The Danger of Analogies	p. 197
Key Terms	p. 197
Key Web Sites	p. 197
Further Reference	p. 198
National Security: How States Protect Themselves	p. 199
Technology and Security	p. 201
Defense	p. 202
Deterrence	p. 205
Detente Diplomacy	p. 207
Disarmament	p. 209
A Combination	p. 210
Key Terms	p. 210
Key Web Sites	p. 210
Further Reference	p. 211
Nuclear Politics: The Bomb Is Here to Stay	p. 212
Weapon of War	p. 213
Nuclear Deterrence	p. 214
Alliance Building	p. 215
International Prestige	p. 217
Deterrence Reconsidered	p. 218
Nuclear Proliferation	p. 218
Arms Control	p. 220
The Nuclear Proliferators	p. 221
What Would Happen if Nukes Were Used?	p. 223
Nuclear Doom?	p. 225
Key Terms	p. 226
Key Web Sites	p. 226
Further Reference	p. 27
The Challenge of Terrorism	p. 228
The Middle East Past	p. 229
How to Modernize the Middle East	p. 232
Which Way for U.S. Policy?	p. 235
Lessons of Terror	p. 240
Key Terms	p. 240
Key Web Sites	p. 240
Further Reference	p. 241
The Economic Blocs	p. 243
Europe Divorces America	p. 24
The Horrors of Ex-Yugoslavia	p. 246
The Crumbling of NATO	p. 249
Europe Gropes for Unity	p. 251
Europe on Its Own?	p. 254
The Challenge of Trade Blocs	p. 256
Key Terms	p. 258
Key Web Sites	p. 259
Further Reference	p. 259
Asia: China as Number One	p. 260
A History of Exaggerations	p. 263
Which Way for China?	p. 265
Japan Encounters the West	p. 267
The Road to Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima	p. 268
From Rubble to Riches	p. 271
What Went Wrong?	p. 274
Key Terms	p. 275
Key Web Sites	p. 276
Further Reference	p. 276
The United States and Globalization	p. 278
What Is a Dollar Worth?	p. 279
The Biggest Debtor	p. 281
Globalization and Its Enemies	p. 282
The Coming of NAFTA	p. 287
Trade Wars?	p. 289
Key Terms	p. 290
Key Web Sites	p. 291
Further Reference	p. 291
The Politics of a New World	p. 293
Diplomacy	p. 294
The Rise and Decline of Diplomacy	p. 295
The Uses of an Anachronism	p. 298
Diplomats	p. 299
Inside an Embassy	p. 301
Diplomacy and War	p. 304
Key Terms	p. 307
Key Web Sites	p. 307
Further Reference	p. 307
International Law	p. 309
Consistency and Reciprocity	p. 310
Origins of International Law	p. 312
Commands	p. 313
Sanctions	p. 315
Self-Help	p. 318
Recognition	p. 319
IL and Individuals	p. 320
Territory	p. 320
War	p. 321
The Future of IL	p. 322
Key Terms	p. 322
Key Web Sites	p. 323
Further Reference	p. 323
The United Nations	p. 325
Theory of World Government	p. 326
The Short, Sad League of Nations	p. 327
The Rise of the UN	p. 330
The UN: Early Idealism	p. 332
Disillusion with the UN	p. 334
The Uses of the UN	p. 336
The Functionalist Dream	p. 337
The UN: Humankind's Last, Best Hope?	p. 339
Key Terms	p. 340
Key Web Sites	p. 341
Further Reference	p. 341
Giving Peace a Chance	p. 342
War as an Instrument of Policy	p. 342
The Future of War	p. 343
Peace Operations	p. 346
Preventive Diplomacy	p. 347
Peacemaking	p. 347
Peacekeeping	p. 350
Peace Enforcement	p. 351
Peace Building	p. 353
Beyond War?	p. 354
Key Terms	p. 354
Key Web Sites	p. 355
Further Reference	p. 355
Index	p. 356
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