Distinguishing four sources of power in human societies - ideological, economic, military, and political - The Sources of Social Power traces their interrelations throughout history. In this first...

A major, eclectic work of extraordinary scope and unprecedented vision, The Three Worlds is much more than a study of the contemporary Third World. It examines the constituents of...

A TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR - THE WASHINGTON POST • THE NEW REPUBLIC • AIR MAIL • SLATEPUBLISHERS WEEKLY - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAROBAMA’S SUMMER READING • THE BOSTON GLOBE • MOTHER JONES • CHICAGO...

A major investigation of the possibility of a new type of revolution in our epoch by the leader of the French radical leftIn summer 2024, France stood on the brink of a far-right takeover. But the...

How and why did the Cold War begin? How and why did it end? What will its end mean for international relations?Opening his new book with the drama of people struggling to survive in rubble-strewn...

The 1980s was a decade of upheaval unprecedented since the conclusion of World War Two. In 1980 superpower détente had been abandoned and there was no sign of an end to the competition and conflict...

What is meant by international society? On what principles is the notion of international society based? How has the notion of nationalism influenced its evolution? In this book James Mayall...

Personal Identity, National Identity and International Relations is the first psychological study of nation-building, nationalism, mass mobilisation and foreign policy processes. In a bold exposition...

Edited By John A. Hall. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

For most of this century, American foreign policy was guided by a set of assumptions that were formulated during World War I by President Woodrow Wilson. In this incisive reexamination, Frank...

Provides an account of the first years of the Cold War, with insights into the state of the world after the Second World War and vivid portraits of such personalities as Stalin, Beria, Churchill,...

Luther and Calvin applied the term fanatic to those who sought to destroy civil society in order to establish the Kingdom of God, the "false prophets" and their followers who, early on in the...

Revolution remains a key concept in the social sciences. After the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution, a debate still rages over its causes and meaning. At the same time as, in Eastern...

Utopia has become a vague term, synonymous almost with the Good Society or the Good Time. It is applied to the dreams and visions of all peoples and all from backward-looking myths of the Golden Age...

In the wake of the Cold War, as the international community struggles to accommodate change, the author of this study directs our attention to the classic theorists, Thucydides, Rousseau, Locke and...