Synopses & Reviews
This highly successful basic text concentrates on the struggle for power and order in world affairs. Clearly organized and written in a vivid, engaging style, The Might of Nations provides exceptional breadth and depth of coverage of world politics since 1945.
Table of Contents
PART I: THE NATURE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CHAPTER 1: Introduction CHAPTER 2: The Nation-State System and the Nature of Power PART II: THE INTERNATIONAL STRUGGLE FOR POWER CHAPTER 3: The East-West Struggle CHAPTER 4: The North/South Struggle CHAPTER 5: The Struggle Between Competing Nationalisms in the Middle East: The Rab-Israeli Conflict and the Iran-Iraq War CHAPTER 6: The Military Struggle for Power: War in the Nuclear Age CHAPTER 7: The Economic Struggle for Power PART III: THE INTERNATIONAL STRUGGLE FOR ORDER CHAPTER 8: Diplomacy and Political Power CHAPTER 9: International Law and Political Order CHAPTER 10: The United Nations System and Political Order CHAPTER 11: Regionalism and Political Order CHAPTER 12: The Military Struggle for Order CHAPTER 13: The Economic Struggle for Order PART IV: TOWARD A THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CHAPTER 14: Perception and Reality in World Politics