AU Library
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 I - Source of Ideas and Goals / Intentions
Day 1 - Monday, 7 Oct 24:
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
Day 2 - Tuesday, 8 Oct 24:
Jonathan Kirshner Biography
An Unwritten Future: Realism and Uncertainty in World Politics Review
Day 3 - Thursday, 10 Oct 24:
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 - Friday, 11 Oct 24:
Robert Gilpin Interview
War and Change in World Politics Review
Day 5 - Tuesday, 15 Oct 24:
Robert O. Keohane Biography
After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy Review 1 Review 2
Day 6 - Thursday, 17 Oct 24:
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. 602)
Day 7 - Friday, 18 Oct 24:
Jeffrey W. Legro Biography
Rethinking the World: Great Power Strategies and International Order Review (Scroll down to pg. 227, the last review)
Block III - Pursuing Goals and Intentions
Day 8 - Monday, 21 Oct 24:
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, 22 Oct 24:
Julian Go Biography
Patterns of Empire: The British and American Empires, 1688 to the Present Review
Day 10 - Thursday, 24 Oct 24:
Odd A. Westad Biography
The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times Review
Robert Jervis Biography
Hypotheses on Misperception (Article)
Day 11 - Friday, 25 Oct 24:
G. John Ikenberry Biography
After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order after Major Wars Review
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