War and Diplomacy : From World War I to the War on Terrorism

by Dorman, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9781574889437
• ISBN10: 1574889435
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc

Summary

Alongside war, there has always been diplomacy; alongside the warlord, the diplomat seeking a nonmilitary solution. Diplomatic efforts have shortened some of our worst wars and exacerbated others. The interaction of war and diplomacy is a theme avidly studied worldwide, considered by political and military strategists, and watched over by all those interested in international affairs. War and Diplomacyuses twentieth- and twenty-first-century case studies to review the evolution of this aspect of conflict prevention or reduction. Its contributors consider not only the changing philosophies of the participants'”politicians, diplomats, and the military'”but also the outside influences that may have changed the nature, and even the purpose, of peacekeeping and conflict resolution over the past century. As today a military threat can be applied without deploying vast armies and, conversely, can be reduced with pressure from international organizations rather than from an individual warlord, so the public's awareness of military conflict is now heightened by instantaneous broadcasts to worldwide audiences and by loud calls for diplomatic intervention. Regarding media and military affairs, therefore, evidence suggests the metaphoric pen can indeed be mightier than the sword.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Origins of the First World War	p. 1
Origins of the Second World War	p. 25
Anglo-American Diplomatic Relations, 1939-1945	p. 41
France and the Algerian War: Diplomacy and the Internationalization of Decolonization	p. 58
Britain and the Suez Crisis: Wining Battles but Losing Wars	p. 81
U.S. Diplomacy and Strategy in the Vietnam War	p. 103
The Falklands/Malvinas Conflict	p. 131
Kosovo	p. 148
The Iraq War	p. 168
Conclusion	p. 183
Notes	p. 187
Bibliography	p. 221
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