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World order

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  • ISBN: 1594206147
  • ISBN: 9781594206146
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    420 pages : maps ; 24 cm
  • Publisher New York : Penguin Press, 2014.

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World Order
World Order
by Kissinger, Henry
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World Order

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Introduction: The Question of World Orderp. 1
    Varieties of World Orderp. 2
    Legitimacy and Powerp. 9
Chapter 1Europe: The Pluralistic International Orderp. 11
    The Uniqueness of the European Orderp. 11
    The Thirty Years' War: What Is Legitimacy?p. 20
    The Peace of Westphaliap. 23
    The Operation of the Westphalian Systemp. 31
    The French Revolution and Its Aftermathp. 41
Chapter 2The European Balance-of-Power System and Its Endp. 49
    The Russian Enigmap. 49
    The Congress of Viennap. 59
    The Premises of International Orderp. 68
    Metternich and Bismarckp. 73
    The Dilemmas of the Balance of Powerp. 76
    Legitimacy and Power Between the World Warsp. 82
    The Postwar European Orderp. 86
    The Future of Europep. 91
Chapter 3Islamism and the Middle East: A World in Disorderp. 96
    The Islamic World Orderp. 97
    The Ottoman Empire: The Sick Man of Europep. 109
    The Westphalian System and the Islamic Worldp. 111
    Islamism: The Revolutionary Tide-Two Philosophical Interpretationsp. 118
    The Arab Spring and the Syrian Cataclysmp. 122
    The Palestinian Issue and International Orderp. 129
    Saudi Arabiap. 134
    The Decline of the State?p. 142
Chapter 4The United States and Iran: Approaches to Orderp. 146
    The Tradition of Iranian Statecraftp. 149
    The Khomeini Revolutionp. 152
    Nuclear Proliferation and Iranp. 159
    Vision and Realityp. 169
Chapter 5The Multiplicity of Asiap. 172
    Asia and Europe: Different Concepts of Balance of Powerp. 172
    Japanp. 180
    Indiap. 192
    What Is an Asian Regional Order?p. 208
Chapter 6Toward an Asian Order: Confrontation or Partnership?p. 212
    Asia's International Order and Chinap. 213
    China and World Orderp. 221
    A Longer Perspectivep. 228
Chapter 7"Acting tor Ail Mankind": The United States audits Concept of Orderp. 234
    America on the World Stagep. 239
    Theodore Roosevelt: America as a World Powerp. 247
    Woodrow Wilson: America as the World's Consciencep. 256
    Franklin Roosevelt and the New World Orderp. 269
Chapter 8The United Slates: Ambivalent Superpowerp. 276
    The Beginning of the Cold Warp. 280
    Strategies of a Cold War Orderp. 283
    The Korean Warp. 288
    Vietnam and the Breakdown of the National Consensusp. 295
    Richard Nixon and International Orderp. 302
    The Beginning of Renewalp. 308
    Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold Warp. 310
    The Afghanistan and Iraq Warsp. 317
    The Purpose and the Possiblep. 327
Chapter 9technology, Equilibrium and Human Consciousnessp. 330
    World Order in the Nuclear Agep. 331
    The Challenge of Nuclear Proliferationp. 336
    Cyber Technology and World Orderp. 341
    The Human Factorp. 348
    Foreign Policy in the Digital Erap. 354
    Conclusion: World Order in Our Time?p. 361
    The Evolution of International Orderp. 365
    Where Do We Go from Here?p. 371
Acknowledgmentsp. 375
Notesp. 379
Indexp. 405