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The Illusion of Peace

Author : Sally Marks
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0230629490
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book The Illusion of Peace written by Sally Marks and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sally Marks provides a compelling analysis of European diplomacy between the First World War and Hitler's advent. She explores in clear and lively prose the reasons why successive efforts failed to create a lasting peace in the interwar era. Building on the theories of the first edition - many of which have become widely accepted since its publication in 1976 - Marks reassesses Europe's leaders of the period, and the policies of the powers between 1918 and 1933, and beyond. Strongly interpretative and archivally based, The Illusion of Peace examines the emotional, ethnic, and economic factors responsible for international instability, as well as the distortion of the balance of power, the abnormal position of the Soviet Union, the weakness of France and the uncertainty of her relationship with Britain, and the inadequacy of the League of Nations. In so doing, the study clarifies the complex topics of reparations and war debts and challenges traditional assumptions, concluding that widespread western devotion to disarmament and dedication to peace were two of several reasons why democratic statesmen could not respond decisively to Hitler's threat. In this new edition Marks also argues that the Allied failure to bring defeat home to the German people in 1918-19 generated a resentment which contributed to interwar instability and Hitler's rise. This highly successful study has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the latest scholarship. Now in its second edition, it remains the essential introduction to the tense political and diplomatic situation in Europe during the interwar years.

The Peace of Illusions

Author : Christopher Layne
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801474118
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book The Peace of Illusions written by Christopher Layne and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a provocative book about American hegemony, Christopher Layne outlines his belief that U.S. foreign policy has been consistent in its aims for more than sixty years and that the current Bush administration clings to mid-twentieth-century tactics--to no good effect. What should the nation's grand strategy look like for the next several decades? The end of the cold war profoundly and permanently altered the international landscape, yet we have seen no parallel change in the aims and shape of U.S. foreign policy. The Peace of Illusions intervenes in the ongoing debate about American grand strategy and the costs and benefits of "American empire." Layne urges the desirability of a strategy he calls "offshore balancing": rather than wield power to dominate other states, the U.S. government should engage in diplomacy to balance large states against one another. The United States should intervene, Layne asserts, only when another state threatens, regionally or locally, to destroy the established balance. Drawing on extensive archival research, Layne traces the form and aims of U.S. foreign policy since 1940, examining alternatives foregone and identifying the strategic aims of different administrations. His offshore-balancing notion, if put into practice with the goal of extending the "American Century," would be a sea change in current strategy. Layne has much to say about present-day governmental decision making, which he examines from the perspectives of both international relations theory and American diplomatic history.

The Spy Chronicles

Author : A.S. Dulat
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 9352779266
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (527 download)

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Download or read book The Spy Chronicles written by A.S. Dulat and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-05-21 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pointing to the horizon where the sea and sky are joined, he says, 'It is only an illusion because they can't really meet, but isn't it beautiful, this union which isn't really there.' -- SAADAT HASAN MANTO Sometime in 2016, a series of dialogues took place which set out to find a meeting ground, even if only an illusion, between A.S. Dulat and Asad Durrani. One was a former chief of RAW, India's external intelligence agency, the other of ISI, its Pakistani counterpart. As they could not meet in their home countries, the conversations, guided by journalist Aditya Sinha, took place in cities like Istanbul, Bangkok and Kathmandu.On the table were subjects that have long haunted South Asia, flashpoints that take lives regularly. It was in all ways a deep dive into the politics of the subcontinent, as seen through the eyes of two spymasters. Among the subjects: Kashmir, and a missed opportunity for peace; Hafiz Saeed and 26/11; Kulbhushan Jadhav; surgical strikes; the deal for Osama bin Laden; how the US and Russia feature in the India-Pakistan relationship; and how terror undermines the two countries' attempts at talks.When the project was first mooted, General Durrani laughed and said nobody would believe it even if it was written as fiction. At a time of fraught relations, this unlikely dialogue between two former spy chiefs from opposite sides--a project that is the first of its kind--may well provide some answers.

The Illusion of Peace

Author : Tad Szulc
Publisher : Viking Adult
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 838 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Illusion of Peace written by Tad Szulc and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1978 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tad Szulc makes it possible to understand just what happened, and how, in foreign affairs during the Nixon years - revealing how Henry Kissinger and President Nixon together pursued parallel public and covert policies.

The Liberal Illusion

Author : Katherine Barbieri
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472023071
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book The Liberal Illusion written by Katherine Barbieri and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2009-12-18 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A very important and long-awaited major contribution to the debate . . . Her work cannot be ignored." --Nils Petter Gleditsch, Journal of Peace Research "Barbieri builds on a solid foundation of work on trade and conflict and specifies the conditions under which trade reduces and increases conflict. . . . The bottom line is that this is an important book in the study of trade and conflict because of its comprehensive approach." --Kathy L. Powers, Perspectives on Politics "Barbieri's analysis reveals the fundamental and intellectual weaknesses of the various arguments on this topic. [A] solid and timely contribution to the literature" --Choice The Liberal Illusion sheds light on an increasingly important question in international relations scholarship and the domain of policy making-whether international trade promotes peace. By examining a broad range of theories about trade's impact on interstate relations and undertaking a set of empirical analyses of the trade-conflict puzzle, Katherine Barbieri provides a comprehensive assessment of the liberal view that trade promotes peace. Barbieri's stunning conclusions depart from conventional wisdom in international relations. Consequently, The Liberal Illusion serves as an important counterargument and a warning call to policymakers who rely upon trade-based strategies to promote peace, strategies that appear to offer little hope of achieving their goals.

Conflict Prevention

Author : David Carment
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789280810660
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Conflict Prevention written by David Carment and published by . This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication evaluates the institutional record on conflict prevention, identifies current trends in conflict prevention practice, and makes recommendations on improving organizational capacity. The first part of the book addresses the question: What is successful conflict prevention? The second part reflects on how existing mechanisms and instruments for conflict prevention can be properly evaluated and improved, focusing on institutions at the forefront of conflict prevention policy such as EU, the OSCE and NATO. The contributors to this book are a diverse group of individuals involved in conflict prevention activities including, scholars from developed and developing countries, and practitioners with insights on the work of regional organizations and the United Nations.

Democracy and War

Author : Errol Anthony Henderson
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781588260765
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Democracy and War written by Errol Anthony Henderson and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henderson (political science, Wayne State U.) uses the same basic research design of the democratic peace proposition (DPP)--which contends that democracies rarely fight each other, are generally more peaceful than nondemocracies, and rarely experience civil war--to challenge the validity of the DPP. His results indicate that democracy is not significantly associated with a decreased likelihood of international war, militarized disputes, or civil wars in postcolonial states. He finds that in war between states and nonstate actors, such as colonial and imperial wars, democracies in general are less likely but Western states, specifically, are more likely to become involved in this type of "extrastate" war. He argues that global peace will require more than a worldwide spread of democracy. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Stable Peace

Author : Kenneth E. Boulding
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477305718
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book Stable Peace written by Kenneth E. Boulding and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The human race has often put a high value on struggle, strife, turmoil, and excitement. Peace has been regarded as a utopian, unattainable, perhaps dull ideal or as some random element over which we have no control. However, the desperate necessities of the nuclear age have forced us to take peace seriously as an object of both personal and national policy. Stable Peace attempts to answer the question, If we had a policy for peace, what would it look like? A policy for peace aims to speed up the historically slow, painful, but persistent transition from a state of continual war and turmoil to one of continual peace. In a stable peace, the war-peace system is tipped firmly toward peace and away from the cycle of folly, illusion, and ill will that leads to war. Boulding proposes a number of modest, easily attainable, eminently reasonable policies directed toward this goal. His recommendations include the removal of national boundaries from political agendas, the encouragement of reciprocal acts of good will between potential enemies, the exploration of the theory and practice of nonviolence, the development of governmental and nongovernmental organizations to promote peace, and the development of research in the whole area of peace and conflict management. Written in straightforward, lucid prose, Stable Peace will be of importance to politicians, policy makers, economists, diplomats, all concerned citizens, and all those interested in international relations and the resolution of conflict.

Identity and Violence

Author : Amartya Sen
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393329291
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Identity and Violence written by Amartya Sen and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2007-01-30 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The violence of illusion -- Making sense of identity -- Civilizational confinement -- Religious affiliations and Muslim history -- West and anti-west -- Culture and captivity -- Globalization and voice -- Multiculturalism and freedom -- Freedom to think.

The Illusion of Time Perception

Author : Norimichi Shuto
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1642730718
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (427 download)

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Download or read book The Illusion of Time Perception written by Norimichi Shuto and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2020-02-16 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From his unique perspective, author Norimichi Shuto re-examines the mixed fields of knowledge expounded by Zeno, Descartes, Husseri, Galileo, Newton, Yojichiro and Einstein, and gives evidence that the perception of time is nothing but an illusion. He closes in on the essence of time without the use of formulas and by taking clues from time itself, as it passes right before our very eyes. In the process, by referring to the hypothesis that light is the source of our consciousness, our universe, and of all matter, the clues to understanding the Arrow of Time will ultimately be revealed.

The Illusion of Peace in Social Hierarchy

Author : Francis Jeremiah Sharon
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 9781387790579
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book The Illusion of Peace in Social Hierarchy written by Francis Jeremiah Sharon and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2022-08-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Illusion of Peace in Social Hierarchy is a book, that criticizes the concept of 'world peace'. The author of this book expostulates that 'peace is an illusion', and we are always at aversion with people who are of different opinions, people we do not like, enmity with nature, enmity with animals, religious zealots are at enmity with spiritual forces, even Mother Nature is trying to kill you. Throughout the course of human history, man has maintained peace with his neighbors, but man has never achieved peace. Man's successes in maintaining peace in certain situations, has led to boastful illusions and exaggerated beliefs of attaining 'world peace'. This Book does not view peace as the absence of armed conflict within a particular period, but rather, peace as the lack of animosity, hatred, malice between individuals and countries at large. This book argues peace from a 'heavenly concept', and tries to surrogate that situation in Human/International relations."The Illusion of Peace in Social Hierarchy" is a thought-provoking book that challenges the widely-held belief that world peace is attainable. The author explores the concept of peace from a variety of perspectives, ranging from intrapersonal to international relations, and examines the flaws in the structures that have been put in place to achieve peace, such as the United Nations and other organizations. The book is divided into three parts. In part one, the author critiques the zeitgeist of peace and highlights the difficulties in achieving it through approaches such as pacifism and democratic peace theory. The flaws of the current system are pointed out, and the author emphasizes the need for a more realistic approach to peace that acknowledges the complexity of human nature. In part two, the author proposes an alternative strategy for maintaining peace through deterrence. Drawing on game theory concepts like the Nash Equilibrium, the author argues that deterrence can be an effective way to maintain peace in international relations. Reciprocal altruism is also discussed as a strategy for maintaining peace in social situations. Finally, in part three, the author introduces Nietzsche's concept of the Übermensch and argues that the journey to becoming an Übermensch begins by realizing that peace is the creation of man and that the concept of world peace is no longer pertinent for promoting peace among individuals and states. The author also emphasizes the importance of rejecting the norms of society and living by one's own moral code. Overall, "The Illusion of Peace in Social Hierarchy" is a fascinating and thought-provoking book that challenges conventional thinking about peace. The author draws on a wide range of sources, from philosophy to game theory, to present a nuanced and complex argument that is sure to stimulate discussion and debate. Anyone interested in the topic of peace and international relations will find this book to be a valuable addition to their reading list.

The Illusion of Peace. International Relations in Europe 1918-1933

Author : Sally Marks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book The Illusion of Peace. International Relations in Europe 1918-1933 written by Sally Marks and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Illusion Of Victory

Author : Thomas Fleming
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0786724986
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book The Illusion Of Victory written by Thomas Fleming and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The political history of the American experience in World War I is a story of conflict and bungled intentions that begins in an era dedicated to progressive social reform and ends in the Red Scare and Prohibition. Thomas Fleming tells this story through the complex figure of Woodrow Wilson, the contradictory president who wept after declaring war, devastated because he knew it would destroy the tolerance of the American people, but who then suppressed freedom of speech and used propaganda to excite America into a Hun-hating mob. This is tragic history: inexperienced American military leaders drove their troops into gruesome slaughters; progressive politics were put on hold in America; an idealistic president's dreams were crushed because of his own negligence. Wilson's inability to convince Congress to ratify U.S. membership in the League of Nations was one of the most poignant failures in the history of the American presidency, but even more heartrending were Wilson's concessions to his bitter allies in the Treaty of Versailles. In exchange for Allied support of the League of Nations, he allowed an unfair peace treaty to be signed, a treaty that played no small role in the rise of National Socialism and the outbreak of World War II. Thomas Fleming has once again created a masterpiece of narrative American history. This incomparable portrait shows how Wilson sacrificed his noble vision to megalomania and single-mindedness, while paying homage to him as a visionary whose honorable spirit continues to influence Western politics.

The Illusion of Power

Author : Stephen Orgel
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520025059
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book The Illusion of Power written by Stephen Orgel and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a study of political theater in the English Renaissance, discussing the differences between a public playhouse and a private, or court theater, and looking at masques and the role of king in the Renaissance court.

Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy

Author : Richard Hanania
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100051403X
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy written by Richard Hanania and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that while the US president makes foreign policy decisions based largely on political pressures, it is concentrated interests that shape the incentive structures in which he and other top officials operate. The author identifies three groups most likely to be influential: government contractors, the national security bureaucracy, and foreign governments. This book shows that the public choice perspective is superior to a theory of grand strategy in explaining the most important aspects of American foreign policy, including the war on terror, policy toward China, and the distribution of US forces abroad. Arguing that American leaders are selected to respond to public opinion, not necessarily according to their ability to formulate and execute long-terms plans, the author shows how mass attitudes are easily malleable in the domain of foreign affairs due to ignorance with regard to the topic, the secrecy that surrounds national security issues, the inherent complexity of the issues involved, and most importantly, clear cases of concentrated interests. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of American Studies, Foreign Policy Analysis and Global Governance.

The Illusion of Control

Author : Seyom Brown
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780815702870
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book The Illusion of Control written by Seyom Brown and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004-05-26 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provocative book assesses the implications of a disturbing trend in U.S. security policy: an increased willingness to use military force as an instrument of diplomacy. In The Illusion of Control, Seyom Brown shows how U.S. officials are relying on force to counter a wide range of threats to America's global interests—eclipsing previous strategies that restricted the use of military force to situations in which the country's vital interests were at stake. Brown points out that a disposition to employ military power broadly as an instrument of diplomacy was on the rise well before September 11, 2001— and it shows every sign of persisting into the future. While resorting to force may seem to be a reliable way to establish control over a disorderly world, Brown cautions that expecting to gain and maintain control through military prowess could turn out to be a dangerous illusion. In fact, employing new military technologies in an effort to control international terrorist activities, wars, and civil conflicts is likely to pull the United States into excessive commitments and imprudent action. Brown analyzes the growing willingness of U.S. government officials to use force, then critically assesses the strategic, political, and moral implications for the United States. Adapting traditional "just war" concepts to contemporary strategic, political, and technological realities, he offers a set of guidelines to help ensure that use-of-force decisions are approached with the judicious care and gravity they warrant.

Latin America and the Illusion of Peace

Author : David R. Mares
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351224409
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Latin America and the Illusion of Peace written by David R. Mares and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-17 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores interstate conflict and its dynamics in the context of Latin Americas contemporary conflict management experience. The myth of Latin America as a region of peace means that each time the use of force rises to the level of global attention (e.g., Ecuador-Peru 1995 or Colombia-Ecuador 2008) analysts and the press ask, "how could that happen here?" Yet the official uses of military force in interstate relations are significantly more prevalent than most analysts within and outside the region understand, and the region is facing new and potentially destabilizing challenges. It is the contention of this book that mitigating the threat raised by militarized interstate relations requires understanding the various ways in which military force can be employed short of war; this in turn requires illuminating the decision making process that produces militarization of a disagreement, considering options for dissuading the decision makers from choosing to militarize and limiting escalations when militarization does occur.