Product Description: Exploring the diplomatic negotiations that led to the division of the Samoan Islands between Germany, Great Britain, and the United States in 1899, this book is a significant study of international relations between the three late-19th-century superpowers...read more

Product Description: The origins of the First World War remain one of the greatest twentieth century historical controversies. In this debate the role of military planning in particular and of militarism in general, are a key focus of attention. Did the military wrest control from the civilians? Were the leaders of Europe eager for a conflict? What military commitments were made between the various alliance blocks? These questions are examined in detail here in eleven essays by distinguished historians and the editor’s introduction provides a focus and draws out the comparative approach to the history of military policies and war plans of the great powers...read more

A distinguished historian and author of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers provides an in-depth history of the United Nations, from Woodrow Wilson to the present day, detailing the creation of an international organization dedicated to the promotion of peace, development, and growth, and assessing its future in a turbulent world. 50,000 first printing.

Offering an innovative new approach to sociology that takes the global dimensions of the contemporary world as its overarching framework, Global Sociology is written in a style that is relevant and fresh for the undergraduate reader whether they have studied sociology before or approaching the subject for the first time.Carefully balancing contemporary sociological theory and concepts with arguments and concrete examples drawn from around the globe, Global Sociology highlights the scope and the importance of sociology for understanding the complex and fast-changing world in which we live. In twenty chapters, the authors consider an immensely rich and diverse range of material, from the emergence of global society and debates surrounding its social, political and economic structure, to topics such as migration, tourism, crime, drugs, famine, mass media, feminism and the environmental movement. The text includes an extensive glossary, boxed case studies, suggestions for classroom projects and seminar activities, and numerous graphs and illustrations. Accessibly written and jargon-free, Global Sociology is the ideal introduction to the topic for students.

Setting naval history within a framework of national, international, economical, political and strategic considerations, this text offers a fresh approach to the study of the reasons for Britain's rise and fall as a dominant sea power, from the Tudors to the 21st century.

Product Description: Which global issues have the most impact on our lives at the beginning of the 21st century? What's the relationship between developments in politics, ecology, the economy, security, and systems of global government, and how do we as individuals address the problems that they raise in an increasingly globalized world? Global Trends and Global Governance offers answers to these questions...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: In this timely collection, a dozen leading scholars of international affairs consider the twentieth century’s recurring failure to construct a stable and peaceful international order in the wake of war. Why has peace been so hard to build? The authors reflect on the difficulties faced by governments as they sought a secure world order after the First World War, the Second World War, and the Cold War...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Argues foreign policy resources should be focused on Brazil, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Egypt, Algeria, Turkey, South Africa, and Mexico (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Argues foreign policy resources should be focused on Brazil, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Egypt, Algeria, Turkey, South Africa, and Mexico (view table of contents)

Product Description: Book by Hauchler, Ingomar

Analyzes the transnational forces that will transform nation-states in the future--population growth, environmental degradation, technological advance--and their impact, and discusses how to cope with the future's challenges

Product Description: Book by Kennedy, Paul M.

Surveys global politics over the past five hundred years and discusses current problems facing the major powers (view table of contents)

Since its first publication in 1980, Professor Kennedy's masterly account of the rivalry between Great Britain and Germany in the period leading to the First World War has established itself as the definitive work on the subject.Over ten years of research in more than sixty archives in Britain and Germany culminated in this full-scale, meticulous analysis. The result reaches far beyond a diplomatic narrative of relations between the two countries. It concerns itself with a thorough comparison of the two societies, their political cultures, economies, party politics, courts, the role of the press and pressure groups, and other factors. The work therefore contributes to the larger debate on the nature of foreign policy, as well as to the specific controversies over the British-German antagonisms that eventually led to war.

Product Description: Book by Kennedy, Paul M.