International relations scholars agree that marked changes in the balance of power between states are among the most common causes of war. This book explains why such power shifts lead to war breaking out in some cases, but not in others.
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Annotation This compelling volume, written by the distinguished diplomatic historian Thomas G. Paterson, examines why and how Americans have perceived and exaggerated the Communist threat in the last half century.
Meeting the communist threat: Truman to Reagan
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Discusses the American exaggeration of the the Communist threat which has damaged international relations.
Henry Kissinger conducted American foreign policy with a distinctive assurance and panache that gave dramatic force to his tenure as secretary of state. His was the shaping hand in decisions that led to detente with the Soviet Union, to opening relations with the People's Republ…
How and why did the Cold War begin? How and why did it end? What will its end mean for international relations? Opening his new book with the drama of people struggling to survive in rubble-strewn countries after the Second World War, Thomas G. Paterson follows the long Cold War…
