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Small States in the International System : At Peace and at War.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (215 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498509701
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Small States in the International SystemDDC classification:
  • 327
LOC classification:
  • JC365 -- .J477 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Section I: Theory -- 1 Small States as Distinct Units of Analysis and as Different than Large and Middle Powers -- 2 Realism and Small States in the International System -- 3 Non-Structural Factors of Foreign Policy -- Section II: Maintaining Peace: Two Different Successful Approaches -- 4 Switzerland, 1815-Present -- 5 Ireland, 1920-Present -- Section III: Small States at War: The Gamut of Policy Alternatives and Outcomes -- 6 Small European Buffer States in Two World Wars -- 7 Finland, 1939-1945 -- 8 The Third Indo-China War, 1979 -- 9 The Ogaden War 1977-1978, Ethiopia vs. Somalia -- 10 The Chaco War, 1932-1935 -- 11 Generalizations about Small State Behavior -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.
Summary: This book uses a comparative foreign policy research method and seven focused case studies to analyze the foreign policy choices of small states as predicted by the leading three theories in international relations: realism, domestic factors, and social constructivism.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Section I: Theory -- 1 Small States as Distinct Units of Analysis and as Different than Large and Middle Powers -- 2 Realism and Small States in the International System -- 3 Non-Structural Factors of Foreign Policy -- Section II: Maintaining Peace: Two Different Successful Approaches -- 4 Switzerland, 1815-Present -- 5 Ireland, 1920-Present -- Section III: Small States at War: The Gamut of Policy Alternatives and Outcomes -- 6 Small European Buffer States in Two World Wars -- 7 Finland, 1939-1945 -- 8 The Third Indo-China War, 1979 -- 9 The Ogaden War 1977-1978, Ethiopia vs. Somalia -- 10 The Chaco War, 1932-1935 -- 11 Generalizations about Small State Behavior -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.

This book uses a comparative foreign policy research method and seven focused case studies to analyze the foreign policy choices of small states as predicted by the leading three theories in international relations: realism, domestic factors, and social constructivism.

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