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SAASS 632
10 October 2023 - 27 October 2023
This course "explores policy choices, the role of power, and the resulting interactions between two or more actors within the international system."
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Internet Resources
Listed below is on-line information about books and their authors used in this course.
BLOCK 1: Source of Ideas and Goals / Intentions
Day 1 - Tuesday, 10 Oct 23:
Edward Hallett Carr Biography 1 Biography 2
Michael Cox Publisher Description (Scroll down to "About the editor," )
The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939 Review 1 Review 2
Matthew Specter Publisher Description (Includes information about the author) Biography
The Atlantic Realists: Empire and International Political Thought Between Germany and the United States Review (Click on "Get Full Text" for review)
Day 2 - Thursday, 12 Oct 23:
Jonathan Kirshner Biography
An Unwritten Future: Realism and Uncertainty in World Politics Review
Day 3 - Friday, 13 Oct 23:
Tara Zahra Biography
Against the World: Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars Review Publisher Description
BLOCK II - Change in the International System
Day 4 - Monday, 16 Oct 23:
Robert Gilpin Interview
War and Change in World Politics Review
Day 5 - Tuesday, 17 Oct 23:
Robert O. Keohane Biography
After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy Review 1 Review 2
Day 6 - Thursday, 19 Oct 23:
Benn Steil Biography
The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order Review (Go to pg. 183)
Day 7 - Friday, 20 Oct 23:
Jeffrey W. Legro Biography
Rethinking the World: Great Power Strategies and International Order Review (Scroll down to pg. 227)
BLOCK III - Pursuing Goals and Intentions
Day 8 - Monday, 23 Oct 23:
Stacie E. Goddard Biography
When Right Makes Might: Rising Powers and World Order Review
Alister Miskimmon Biography
Ben O'Loughlin Biography
Laura Roselle Biography
Strategic Narratives: Communication Power and the New World Order Review (Scroll down to pg. 585)
Day 9 - Tuesday, 24 Oct 23:
Van Jackson Biography
Pacific Power Paradox: American Statecraft and the Fate of the Asian Peace Review
Day 10 - Thursday, 26 Oct 23:
Richard Ned Lebow Biography
Why Nations Fight: Past and Future Motives for War Review
Stephen F. Cohen In Memoriam
Vladimir Pozner Biography
Anne Applebaum Biography
Garry Kasparov Biography
Should the West Engage Putin's Russia?: The Munk Debates
Benjamin Abelow
How the West Brought War to Ukraine
Day 11 - Friday, 27 Oct 23:
G. John Ikenberry Biography
After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order after Major Wars Review
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