The Cold War and After

History, Theory, and the Logic of International Politics
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-691-15203-5
Verlag: Princeton University Press

Buch, Englisch, 332 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 472 g

Reihe: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Trachtenberg, Marc

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Ost-West Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Geopolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii

Part I: Theory 1

Chapter One: The Question of Realism: An Historian?s View 3

Chapter Two: The Problem of International Order and How to Think about It 44

Part II: History 67

Chapter Three: The United States and Eastern Europe in 1945: A Reassessment 69

Chapter Four: America, Europe, and German Rearmament, August-September 1950: A Critique of a Myth 110

Chapter Five: The Making of the Western Defense System: France, the United States, and MC 48 142

Chapter Six: The Structure of Great Power Politics, 1963-75 154

Chapter Seven: The French Factor in U.S. Foreign Policy during the Nixon-Pompidou Period 183

Part III: Policy 245

Chapter Eight: Preventive War and U.S. Foreign Policy 247

Chapter Nine: The Iraq Crisis and the Future of the Western Alliance 281

Index 313

Über Autor(innen)

Trachtenberg, Marc
Marc Trachtenberg is professor of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles. His books include "A Constructed Peace" and "The Craft of International History" (both Princeton).