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Case Histories in International Politics, 4/E
Kendall W. Stiles, Brigham Young University

ISBN-10: 0321337964
ISBN-13: 9780321337962

Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 2006
Format: Paper; 416 pp
Status: Out of Print

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Providing 19 in-depth case studies with a strong historical background and theoretical framework, the new edition of this successful supplement for international relations and foreign policy courses is fully updated with a new low price.

Case Histories in International Politics provides a coherent narrative background in international relations so that students understand the key issues and problems in international relations over the last fifty years.

  • Maps and charts throughout text help those with no background on the historical event. This visual material is organized in an accessible way: key events are highlighted in chronologies, key locations are displayed on maps, and key data is summarized in tables.
  • Improved pedagogy now includes a quick, ready-reference chronology of events at the beginning of each chapter; biographies of “key actors” (a list of the central personalities in the case history to help clarify the narrative); debate topics at the end of each chapter pose a central question followed by three “pro” and three “con” statements intended to facilitate lively discussions; and expanded definitions throughout the chapter now give each term a 500-word description with more references to the literature and more explicit linkage to the historical material.
  • Web addresses at the end of each chapter and in the bibliography allow students to directly access government policy papers, current economic statistics, the activities of special interest groups and on-going academic research on particular topics.
  • “Questions to Consider” at the end of each chapter help students consider the implications of the material and relate it to more general concepts and questions in international relations. It also helps them understand how the material relates to their own lives.

 

List of Figures, Maps, and Tables.

Preface.

Part 1. Great Power Relations.

1. Germany–People and Territory: The Nation State.

Introduction.

Key Figures.

Overview of German History.

The German “Nation.”

The German State.

German Nationalism as an International Problem.

Conclusion.

Debate Topic.

Questions to Consider.

2. Excerpts from the 9/11 Commission Report: Intelligence.

Introduction: Intelligence.

“The System was Blinking Red.”

Inside the Four Flights.

Epilogue.

Key Figures.

Chronology.

Debate Topic.

Questions to Consider.

3. Sino-Soviet-American Relations: The Balance of Power.

Introduction.

Key Figures.

Chronology.

The Superpower “Triangle” and Alignments.

Major Incidents.

The Balance of Power Triangle.

Conclusion.

Debate Topic.

Questions to Consider.

4. The Cuban Missile Crisis: Rationality.

Introduction.

Key Figures.

Chronology.

Rationality and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The Cuban Missile Crisis.

Analysis of the Decision to Blockade Cuba.

Response to the Soviet Offers.

Conclusion.     

Debate Topic.

Questions to Consider.

5. The Military-Industrial Complex: Defense Spending.

Introduction.

The Iron Triangle.

Department of Defense—Industry Cooperation.

Industry—Congress Cooperation.

The Reform Movement and the Persian Gulf Renaissance.

Consolidation, Conversion, and “Cashing Out.”

Conclusion.

Debate Topic. 

Questions to Consider.

6. Vietnam Homefront: Public Opinion.

Introduction.

Key Figures.

Chronology.

Public Opinion and Vietnam.

Tonkin Gulf and Rally ’Round the Flag.

Growing Skepticism.

Tet Shock and Johnson’s “Resignation.”

The Peace Movement.

The Nixon Era and Congressional Reassertion.

Conclusion: Can the Public Shape Policy?

Debate Topic.

Questions to Consider.

7. U.S. Role After the Cold War: The National Interest.

Introduction.

Key Figures.

The “Great” Debate.

National Interest.

Hegemonic Imperative.

Multilateralism.

Conclusion.

Debate Topic.

Questions to Consider.

8. The Persian Gulf War: Capabilities and Influence.

Introduction: Power.

Key Figures.

Chronology.

The First Persian Gulf War.

The Diplomatic Phase:

August 2, 1990—January 16, 1991.

The Air War Phase:

January 17—February 23, 1991.

The Ground War Phase:

February 24—February 28, 1991.

The Inter-war Period: March 1991-March 2003.

Enter the Vulcans.

The War in Iraq.

Conclusion.

Debate Topic.

Questions to Consider.

9. The Kyoto Protocol: Collective Goods.

Introduction.

Key Figures.

Chronology.

Global Warming.

Creating Rules on Global Warming Gases.

Impass at The Hague.

The Current Situation.

Conclusion.

Debate Topic.

Questions to Consider.

10. The Nuremberg Trials: International Law.

Introduction.

Key Figures.

Chronology.

Organizing the Trials.

Courtroom Drama.

The Judgment.

Implications of the Nuremberg Trials.

Conclusion.

Debate Topic.

Questions to Consider.

Part 2. Conflict in the Periphery.

11. Apartheid in South Africa:Human Rights.

Introduction.

Key Figures.

Chronology.

Origins of South Africa: 1652—1910.

Establishment and Consolidation of Apartheid: 1910—1965.

Stalemate: 1965—1988.

Dismantling Apartheid: 1989—1994.

Post-Apartheid South Africa.

Conclusion.

Debate Topic.

Questions to Consider.

12. Yugoslavia’s Dismemberment: Anarchy.

Introduction.

Key Figures.

Chronology.

History to 1918.

1918 to 1980.

After Tito.

Warfare in Slovenia and Croatia.

Warfare in Bosnia.

Warfare in Kosovo.

War Crimes Tribunal.

Conclusion: Whither Yugoslavia?

Debate Topic.

Questions to Consider.

13. Nationalism and the Russia-Chechnya Conflict: nationalism and the clash of civilizations.

“Civilization” as an International Relations Concept.

A Thumbnail Sketch of the Chechen People.

Chronology.

Key Figures.

History of Chechnya’s Conflict with Russia to 1990.

The First Chechen War: 1990-1996.

The Second Chechen War: 1997-2000.

The History since 2000.

Debate Topic.

Questions to Consider.

14. Global Terrorism and Al Qaeda: Terrorism.

Introduction.

Key Figures.

Chronology.

Islamic Fundamentalism.

Osama bin Laden and the Founding of Al Qaeda.

Describing Al Qaeda.

Al Qaeda After September 11.

Conclusion.

Debate Topic.

Questions to Consider.

15. The Camp David Accords: Diplomacy.

Introduction.

Key Figures.

Chronology.

Henry Kissinger and the 1973 War.

Camp David.

Middle East Peace Since Camp David.

Conclusion.

Debate Topic.

Questions to Consider.

16. U.S. Interventionism: Strategies and Humanitarian Intervention.

Introduction.

Key Figures.

Chronology.

Dominican Republic: 1965.

Chile: 1973.

Somalia: 1992-1993.

Conclusion.

Debate Topic.

Questions to Consider.

Part 3. Money and Justice.

17. Sweatshops and the Global Factory: Globalization.

Introduction.

The Sweatshop Phenomenon.

Sources and Solutions.

Conclusion.

Debate Topic.

Questions to Consider.

18. Europe Uniting:Regionalism.

Introduction.

Key Figures.

Chronology.

The Emergence of the Common Market: 1945—1957.

A Primer of European Institutions.

The EEC at Work: 1957—1973.

The European Community Under Stress: 1973—1985.

Renewal: 1986—2004.

Conclusion.

Debate Topic.

Questions to Consider.

19. The International Landmine Ban: Nongovernmental Organizations.   .

Introduction.

Key Figures.

Chronology.

Has a Global Society Emerged?

Landmines and International Law.

NGOs Become Involved.

Landmine Ban Treaty Process.

Post-Treaty Activity.

Conclusion.

Debate Topic.

Questions to Consider.

Credits.

 

Index.

    Case Histories in International Politics gives students a historical perspective and a theoretical framework for better analyzing international relations.

     

    Providing in-depth historical illustrations of the core concepts in international relations, the 19 case studies in Case Histories in International Politics lead students through the key issues and problems that have arisen over the last 50 years. The text looks beyond current world affairs to survey major events in the 20th and 21st centuries, thereby facilitating comparisons between what happened in the past and what is happening now. Thoroughly updated and with four new case studies, Case Histories in International Politics remains an ideal supplemental text for thinking critically and in-depth about international relations.

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