"What effect did personality and circumstance have on US foreign policy during World War II? This incisive account of US envoys residing in the major belligerent countries - Japan, Germany, Italy, China, France, Great Britain, USSR - highlights the fascinating role played by suc…
The Sino-Russian relationship has experienced several permutations in recent decades, as both states have undergone radical domestic changes. This analysis of the new evolving relationship addresses global strategy, energy politics, national security, and Central Asian links.
The Sino-Russian relationship has experienced several permutations in recent decades as both states have undergone radical domestic changes, including the end of Soviet communism and the abandonment of Maoism. This volume brings together scholars to address the current status of…
"Founding a Balkan State examines the pivotal period in Albanian history when the country's fundamental goals and directions were most hotly contested. In 1920, liberal Albanian leaders - led by the US-educated Bishop Fan S. Noli - began working to introduce democracy to the cou…
A timely political analysis argues that the end of the Cold War marked the beginning of the end of America's global dominance, predicting a rise of a European contender and offering suggestions on how to prepare for an uncertain global system.
"What place has Europe occupied in the wider world? This book examines the concept of Europe in its relationships to those areas of the globe beyond its borders. In particular it is concerned with the historical evolution and contemporary setting of Europe vis-a-vis the United S…
"Florence in the Early Modern World offers new perspectives on this important city by exploring the broader global context of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, within which the experience of Florence remains unique. This volume is essential reading for students and scholars…
"Diplomacy is a complex discipline requiring knowledge in various other disciplines, namely international relations, international law, economics and history. In attempting to familiarise students of diplomacy and diplomats with these disciplines, the author approaches them from…
"Diplomacy is a complex discipline requiring knowledge in various other disciplines, namely international relations, international law, economics and history. In attempting to familiarise students of diplomacy and diplomats with these disciplines, the author approaches them from…
La 4e de couv. indique : "Since the mid-twentieth century, China and India have entertained a difficult relationship, erupting into open war in 1962. Shadow States is the first book to unpack Sino-Indian tensions from the angle of competitive state-building making - through a st…
"Since the birth of the nation, the idea of empire has been at the heart of the United States' image of itself. Through a close reading of both the acknowledged grand strategists as well as the more non-conformist foreign policy analysts, Anderson charts the entwined historical …