Diplomacy

Contested Lands: Sumantra Bose; The search for durable peace in lands torn by ethno-national conflict is among the most urgent issues shaping our global future. Looking at the recent and current peace processes in Israel-Palestine, Kashmir, Bosnia, Cyprus, and Sri Lanka Bose addresses the question of how peace can be made, and kept, between warring groups with seemingly incompatible claims.; Hardcover 2007

Germany and the Diplomacy of the Financial Crisis, 1931: Edward W. Bennett; Hardcover

Germany and the United States: Hans W. Gatzke; Beginning with Bismarck's forging of a nation with "iron and blood," Gatzke tells of Germany's relentless struggle for domination in Europe and in the West, its defeat in two world wars, its division, East Germany's travail, and West Germany's search for identity as a modern democratic state.; Hardcover 1980

Henry Kissinger and the American Century: Jeremi Suri; What made Henry Kissinger the kind of diplomat he was? What experiences and influences shaped his worldview and provided the framework for his approach to international relations? Suri offers a thought-provoking, interpretive study of one of the most influential and controversial political figures of the twentieth century.; Hardcover 2007

Horatio Nelson Lay and Sino-British Relations, 1854-1864: Jack J. Gerson; Paperback 1972

Islands of Agreement: Gabriella Blum; We are culturally conditioned to think of war and peace in binary terms of strict opposition, tending to focus on conflict prevention or resolution. But as this book demonstrates, war and peace are increasingly coexisting entities. Accordingly, Blum suggests that even where conflict exists, we regard it as only one dimension of a multifaceted interstate relationship. The result is a shift in perspective from constricting binaries toward a more holistic approach of relationship management.; Hardcover 2007

John Leighton Stuart and Twentieth-Century Chinese-American Relations: Shaw Yu-ming; Hardcover 1992

Nexus: Jonathan Reed Winkler; In an illuminating study that blends diplomatic, military, technology, and business history, Winkler shows how U.S. officials during World War I discovered the enormous value of global communications. In this absorbing history, Winkler sheds light on the early stages of the global infrastructure that helped launch the United States as the predominant power of the century.; Hardcover 2008

Strait Talk: Nancy Bernkopf Tucker; Relations among the United States, Taiwan, and China challenge policymakers, international relations specialists, and a concerned public to examine their assumptions about security, sovereignty, and peace. Tucker traces the thorny relationship between the United States and Taiwan as both watch China’s power grow.; Hardcover 2009

Woodrow Wilson and the American Myth in Italy: Daniela Rossini; Translated by Antony Shugaar; In 1918, Woodrow Wilson’s image as leader of the free world and the image of America as dispenser of democracy spread throughout Italy, filling an ideological void. American popularity, though, did not ensure mutual understanding. Rossini sets the Italian-American political confrontation within the full context of the two countries’ cultural perceptions of each other, different war experiences, and ideas about participatory democracy and peace.; Hardcover 2008

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