Who influenced whom? : lessons from the Cold War
Urging the rejection of the realist paradigm of international relations that rested upon assumptions of balance of power concepts, the author examines eight case studies from the Cold War as a move towards setting international relations concepts with more "utility" in influencing other countries. Superpower relations with Syria, Turkey, Ethiopia, and Guinea are explored in terms of strategic relationship concepts. Taiwan and Cuba were chosen as cases in which superpowers established a relationship to a small country in order to protect it from an ideological rival. Finally, the cases of Yugoslavia and Uganda were selected as being examples where a superpower established a relationship with a country in order to gain at the expense of the other superpower. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Print Book, English, ©2002
University Press of America, Lanham, MD, ©2002
xvi, 260 pages ; 23 cm
9780761824442, 0761824448
50693172
Chapter 1 Foreword by Ali Mazrui Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 The Rise of the Realist Paradigm Chapter 6 Strategic Cases: Syria and the Superpowers; Turkey and the United States; Ethiopia and the United States; Guinea and the Soviet Union Chapter 7 Ideological Cases: Taiwan and the United States; Cuba and the Soviet Union Chapter 8 Political Cases: Yugoslavia and the United States; Uganda and the Soviet Union Chapter 9 Analysis: A Theory of Influence; Lessons from the Cold War Chapter 10 The Post Cold War World: The New World Order as Status Quo Ante Chapter 11 Conclusion Chapter 12 Postscript Chapter 13 Bibliography Chapter 14 Index