The Cold War and after : history, theory, and the logic of international politics / Marc Trachtenberg

By:

Trachtenberg, Marc, 1946-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: eng Series: Princeton studies in international history and politicsPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2012Description: xi, 317 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780691152035
0691152020
0691152039
9780691152028

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LOC classification:

D 840 T759c 2012

Contents:

The question of realism: an historian's view -- The problem of international order and how to think about it -- The United States and Eastern Europe in 1945: a reassessment -- America, Europe, and German rearmament, August-September 1950: a critique of a myth -- The making of the western defense system: France, the United States, and MC 48 -- The structure of great power politics, 1963-75 -- The French factor in U.S. foreign policy during the Nixon-Pompidou period -- Preventive war and U.S. foreign policy -- The Iraq crisis and the future of the western alliance.

Summary: What makes for war or for a stable international system? Are there general principles that should govern foreign policy? In The Cold War and After, Marc Trachtenberg, a leading historian of international relations, explores how historical work can throw light on these questions. The essays in this book deal with specific problems--with such matters as nuclear strategy and U.S.-European relations. But Trachtenberg's main goal is to show how in practice a certain type of scholarly work can be done. He demonstrates how, in studying international politics, the conceptual and empirical sides of th

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Recursos Regionales	Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso)	D 840 T759c 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000144027

The question of realism: an historian's view --
The problem of international order and how to think about it --
The United States and Eastern Europe in 1945: a reassessment --
America, Europe, and German rearmament, August-September 1950: a critique of a myth --
The making of the western defense system: France, the United States, and MC 48 --
The structure of great power politics, 1963-75 --
The French factor in U.S. foreign policy during the Nixon-Pompidou period --
Preventive war and U.S. foreign policy --
The Iraq crisis and the future of the western alliance.

What makes for war or for a stable international system? Are there general principles that should govern foreign policy? In The Cold War and After, Marc Trachtenberg, a leading historian of international relations, explores how historical work can throw light on these questions. The essays in this book deal with specific problems--with such matters as nuclear strategy and U.S.-European relations. But Trachtenberg's main goal is to show how in practice a certain type of scholarly work can be done. He demonstrates how, in studying international politics, the conceptual and empirical sides of th

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