Neighbors and Strangers : The Fundamentals of Foreign Affairs /

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How important are foreign affairs in the grand scheme of civilization? Do defenses against the invasion of strangers influence the evolution of culture? Drawing on decades of experience in government as well as in the academy, William R. Polk offers a uniquely informed, comprehensive view of foreign...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Polk, William R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2008]
Temas:
Commerce.
History.
International relations.
National security.
Political science.
World politics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
foreign affairs, defense, war, invasion, empire, international, government, military, foreigners, law, intervention, aid, trade, warfare, espionage, intelligence, diplomacy, history, commerce, national security, world politics, china, europe, walls, borders, territory, conquest, counterintelligence, alien, ethnic cleansing, nonfiction, peace, army, weapons, assyria, rome, guerrillas, mercenaries, soldiers, spies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • PART I. THE BOTTOM LIN
  • 1. Staying Alive in a Dangerous World
  • 2. Out of the Mists of the Past
  • 3. Our possession
  • PART II. DEFENSE
  • 4. Keeping Them Out
  • 5. Rome, Walled China, and Medieval Europe
  • 6. Modern Walls
  • PART III. ARMIES AND WARFARE
  • 7. The First Armies
  • 8. Assyria and Rome
  • 9. Soldiers, Mercenaries, and Guerrillas
  • 10. The Colonial Auxiliary
  • 11. Weapons
  • 12. Modern Armies
  • PART IV. NONGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
  • 13. Trade
  • 14. The Trader
  • 15. European Trade and Finance
  • 16. The Amateurs
  • PART V. INTELLIGENCE AND ESPIONAGE
  • 17. Getting to Know Them
  • 18. Spies and Spymasters
  • 19. Tools of the Trade
  • 20. Espionage and Counterintelligence
  • PART VI. DIPLOMACY
  • 21. Peaceful Relations between States
  • 22. Worldviews and Strategy
  • 23. The Conduct of Relations
  • 24. The Medieval School of Statecraft
  • 25. Diplomats and Their Masters
  • 26. Intervention and International Law
  • PART VII. GETTING RID OF THE ALIEN
  • 27. Parting Company
  • 28. Ethnic Cleansing
  • 29. Coming Together
  • Notes
  • Index

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