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Force and Statecraft Diplomatic Problems of Our Time

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

Force and Statecraft Diplomatic Problems of Our Time

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

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Edition: 4th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 08/31/2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Preface to the Fourth Edition

Introduction

xii

PART ONE: FROM THE PAST TO THE PRESENT

1 The Emergence of Diplomacy and the Great Powers

(21)

The Early Techniques, Instruments, and Ideas of Diplomacy

(4)

States and Raison d'état in the Seventeenth Century

(6)

War and Competition in the Eighteenth Century

(11)

2 The Classical System of Diplomacy, 1815-1914

(23)

Building a System with a Balance of Power and a Concert

(8)

Change and an Experiment with a Defensive Alliance System

(4)

Further Change and an Experiment with Bipolar Alignment

(4)

Characteristics of the System

(7)

3 The Diplomatic Revolution Begins, 1919-1939

(23)

Attempts at Peacemaking and System Building

(7)

Public Opinion and Foreign Policy

(4)

Economics and Foreign Policy

(2)

Totalitarian and Democratic Diplomacy and the Contrast of Norms

(10)

4 A Postwar System of Security: Great-Power Directorate or United Nations?

(18)

Plans for a Postwar System of Security

(3)

Force and Statecraft as Envisioned by the United Nations Charter

(4)

Changing World Conditions and Readjustments

(11)

5 The Cold War

(22)

The Origins and Escalation of the Cold War

(7)

Seeking Restraints Through Deterrence, Diplomacy, and Detente

(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

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