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Cold War & After: History, Theory & the Logic of Intl Politi
Contributor(s): Trachtenberg, Marc (Author)
ISBN: 0691152020     ISBN-13: 9780691152028
Publisher: Princeton University Press
OUR PRICE:   $99.75  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: March 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | International Relations - General
- Philosophy | Political
- History | Modern - 20th Century
Dewey: 327.1
LCCN: 2011039303
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (1.25 lbs) 336 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
 
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Publisher Description:
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.