Understanding international conflicts: an introduction to theory and history

Is there an enduring logic of conflict in world politics?

Origins of the great twentieth-century conflicts

Balance of power and World War I

The failure of collective security and World War II

The Cold War

Conflicts after the Cold War

interventions and institutions

Globalization and interdependence

Information revolution and transnational actors

A new world order?

Is there an enduring logic of conflict in world politics?

Origins of the great Twentieth-Century conflicts

Balance of power and World War I

The failure of collective security and World War II

The Cold War

Intervention, institutions, and regional and ethnic conflicts

Globalization and interdependence

The information revolution, transnational actors, and the diffusion of power

A new world order?

1. Is there an enduring logic of conflict in world politics?

2. Origins of the great twentieth-century conflicts.

3. Balance of power and World War I.

4. The failure of collective security and World War II.

5. The Cold war.

6. Intervention, institutions, and regional and ethnic conflicts.

7. Globalization and interdependence.

8. The information revolution, transnational actors, and the diffusion of power.

9. A new world order?