Soldiers, Statecraft, and History: Coercive Diplomacy and International Order

by James A. Nathan

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The increasing capacity of states to muster violence, the concomitant rise of military power as a meaningful instrument of foreign policy, and the frequent episodic collapse of that power are considered in this examination of force, order, and diplomacy. Nathan points to periods of relative order and stability in international relations-the time immediately prior to the rise of Frederick the Great, for example, or the half century after the Napoleonic Wars-as times when states have been most show more vulnerable to spoilers and rogues. Only the power of the Cold War blocs fostered durable order. Now, no show less

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James A. Nathan
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James A. Nathan is a former Foreign Service Officer. He has taught at the University of Delaware, Johns Hopkins University, SAIS, the Naval War College and the Army War College.

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Politics and Government, Nonfiction
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327.1 — Society, Government, and Culture Political science International Relations: Spies Foreign policy and specific topics in international relations
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JZ6360 .N38 — Political Science International relations International relations Non-military coercion
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