The Cold War and After: History, Theory, and the Logic of International Politics (Paperback or Softback)

Trachtenberg, Marc

ISBN 10: 0691152039 / ISBN 13: 9780691152035

Editore: Princeton University Press 3/12/2012, 2012

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• Titolo: The Cold War and After: History, Theory, and the Logic of International Politics (Paperback or Softback)
• Editore: Princeton University Press 3/12/2012
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0691152039
• ISBN 13: 9780691152035
• Rilegatura: Paperback or Softback
• Condizione: New
• Tipo di libro: Book

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Riassunto

A new way of looking at international relations from a leading expert in the field

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 the analysis can be made to connect with each other, and how historical, theoretical, and even policy issues can be tied together in an intellectually respectable way.

These essays address a wide variety of topics, from theoretical and policy issues, such as the question of preventive war and the problem of international order, to more historical subjects—for example, American policy on Eastern Europe in 1945 and Franco-American relations during the Nixon-Pompidou period. But in each case the aim is to show how a theoretical perspective can be brought to bear on the analysis of historical issues, and how historical analysis can shed light on basic conceptual problems.

Informazioni sull?autore

Marc Trachtenberg is professor of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles. His books include A Constructed Peace and The Craft of International History (both Princeton).