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Force and Statecraft: Diplomatic Challenges of Our Time, Sixth Edition, is a stimulating, highly readable, and insightful analysis of humanity's quest for peace and security. Its unique interdisciplinary approach combines history, political science, international law, and philosophy in order to explore the rich experience of the past and consider how it can be brought to bear on the diplomatic challenges that we confront in our world today.
List of contents
- Preface to the Sixth Edition
- Introduction
- PART ONE: FROM THE PAST TO THE PRESENT
- Chapter 1: The Emergence of Diplomacy and the Great Powers
- The Early Practices, Techniques, and Ideas of Diplomacy
- War, States, and Raison d'état in the Seventeenth Century
- War and Competition in the Eighteenth Century
- Chapter 2: The Classical System of Diplomacy, 1815-1914
- Building a System with a Balance of Power and a Concert
- Change and an Experiment with a Defensive Alliance System
- Further Change and an Experiment with Bipolar Alignment
- Characteristics of the System
- Chapter 3: The Diplomatic Revolution Begins, 1919-1939
- Attempts at Peacemaking and System Building
- Public Opinion and "Public Diplomacy"
- Economics and "Economic Diplomacy"
- A Dialogue des Sourds with Contrasting Norms and Objectives
- Chapter 4: A Postwar System of Security: Great Power Directorate or United Nations?
- Lessons from the Past and Plans for the Future
- Force and Statecraft as Envisioned by the UN Charter
- Changing World Conditions and Readjustments
- Chapter 5: The Cold War
- The Origins and Escalation of the Cold War
- Seeking Restraints Through Deterrence, Diplomacy, and Détente
- Persistent Problems and the Final Demise of the Cold War
- Chapter 6: The Evolving International System
- "A World in a Rapid State of Transition"
- Challenges to Nation-States and National Sovereignty
- Terrorists and the "Global War on Terror"
- Partners and/or Rivals?
- PART TWO: HISTORY, THEORY, AND PRACTICE
- Chapter 7: Lessons of History and Knowledge for Statecraft
- Classical Writers on the Importance of Historical Lessons
- The Historical Habit of Mind
- The Challenges of Learning and Applying Lessons of History
- Structured, Focused Comparisons
- Chapter 8: Negotiation
- Principles of Negotiation
- The Congress of Vienna, 1814-1815
- The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, 1972-1975
- Contemporary Negotiations Over Nuclear Weapons in North Korea
- Analysis
- Chapter 9: Deterrence
- Principles of Deterrence
- Collective Security for the Post-1815 Settlement
- British and French Attempts to Deter Hitler, 1939
- Contemporary American Deterrence Over Taiwan
- Analysis
- Chapter 10: Coercive Diplomacy
- Principles of Coercive Diplomacy
- American "Gunboat Diplomacy," 1852-1854
- The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
- Contemporary Coercion Against Iran and Its Nuclear Program
- Analysis
- Chapter 11: Crisis Management
- Principles of Crisis Management
- Bismarck as an "Honest Broker" in the Crisis of 1878
- The "Guns of August," 1914
- Terrorism and the Mumbai Crisis, 2008
- Analysis
- PART THREE: RESTRAINTS AND REFLECTIONS
- Chapter 12: Ethics and Other Restraints on Force and Statecraft
- Practical, Structural, and Political Restraints
- Ethics and International Politics
- Ethical Restraints for Statecraft
- Ethical Restraints for Armed Force
- Conclusion: Reflections on Force and Statecraft and the Challenges of Our Time
- Credits
- Index
About the author
Paul Gordon Lauren is Regents Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Mansfield Fellow at the University of Montana. He is an internationally acclaimed teacher and scholar of diplomacy, issues of security and peace, and human rights, whose work has been translated into numerous languages and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
The late Gordon A. Craig was the J.E. Wallace Sterling Professor of Humanities at Stanford University, a renowned scholar and gifted teacher of diplomatic history, German history, and international relations, who served as the president of the American Historical Association.
The late Alexander L. George was the Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations at Stanford University, widely known for his pioneering and award-winning work in political science, psychology, influence, and foreign policy, and former president of the International Studies Association.
Summary
Force and Statecraft: Diplomatic Challenges of Our Time, Sixth Edition, is a stimulating, highly readable, and insightful analysis of humanity's quest for peace and security. Its unique interdisciplinary approach combines history, political science, international law, and philosophy in order to explore the rich experience of the past and consider how it can be brought to bear on the diplomatic challenges that we confront in our world today.
This new edition makes a classic even better. It provides an up-to-date treatment of the most recent and significant international developments, including:
- the profound impact of the foreign policies of three individuals: Donald Trump of the United States, Xi Jinping of China, and Vladimir Putin of Russia
- growing fears of nuclear proliferation in North Korea and Iran, "Brexit" and divisions within the European Union and NATO, the civil war in Syria, the Islamic State (ISIS), and other terrorist groups
- updated and thought-provoking coverage of the instruments of statecraft, the multiple dimensions of power, the nature of security (including "the security dilemma" and the "indivisibility of security"), the changing features of sovereignty, and the role of normative values as seen in ethical restraints, concepts of legitimacy, international law, and norms of human rights
- evolving challenges for force and statecraft presented by weapons of mass destruction, the diplomatic revolution, the "digital revolution," cyberattacks, climate change, and the global pandemic of COVID-19
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Force and Statecraft is a great book. It puts diplomacy front and center in the analysis and examines how individual state leaders navigate the challenges of international politics.
