Neighbors and Strangers: Fundamentals of Foreign Affairs - Hardcover

Polk, William R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226673294 ISBN 13: 9780226673295

Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 1997

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Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 366 pages; Physical desc. : 366p. ; 24cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Publisher's review copy with promotional material loosely inserted. Subject: International relations. World politics. Security, National. Commerce - History. Security, International

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Reseña del editor:

This is a study of foreign affairs, which questions their place in the grand scheme of civilization, and asks whether defences against the invasion of strangers influence the evolution of culture. The author seeks to show that diplomacy, intelligence, defence and warfare, intervention and law, and trade and aid should interact and form a whole pattern, essential if nations are to move safely into the 21st century. Examining the human experience, the text documents "fear of the foreigner" as a visceral response so pervasive that it transcends human memory, individual experience, and even logical analysis. It aims to show that the tension created by having to live as neighbours with those who are perceived as irredeemably alien has been one of the major causes of the rise of civilizations.

Biografía del autor:

William R. Polk, the author of "Understanding Iraq", taught at Harvard until becoming the member of the State Department's Policy Planning Council responsible for the Middle East in 1961. He served as head of the interdepartmental task force on the Algerian war and was a member of the crisis management subcommittee during the Cuban missile crisis. After leaving government, he became professor of history at the University of Chicago and president of the Adlai Stevenson Institute of International Affairs.

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• Verlag: University of Chicago Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0226673294
• ISBN 13: 9780226673295
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 372