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International Politics in the Atomic Age /

Herz, John H.

International Politics in the Atomic Age / John H. Herz. - 1 online resource (360 p.)

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. RISE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MODERN STATE SYSTEM -- 1. The Basic Features of the Modern State System -- 2. The Rise of the Territorial State -- 3. The Nature of Territoriality -- 4. The Territorial State in International Relations -- 5. Collective Security as an Attempt to Maintain the Territorial Principle -- 6. The Decline of the Territorial State -- II. INTERNATIONAL POLITICS IN THE ATOMIC AGE -- 7. The Impact of Bipolarity -- 8. The Impact of the New Weapons -- III. PROSPECTS OF FUTURE INTERNATIONAL POLITICS -- 9. Is There a Future for International Politics? -- 10. The Security Dilemma in the Atomic Age -- 11. A Plan for a Holding Operation -- 12. Universalism as Alternative to the Power Dilemma -- Index of Personal Names

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Studies the extent to which the traditional concepts of international politics are still applicable and at what points they must be reevaluated in the light of changed conditions. It argues that some of the factors that underlay the 'modern state system' have undergone such fundamental changes that the structure of international relations itself is different and can no longer be interpreted exclusively in traditional terms.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780231916141 9780231884600

10.7312/herz91614 doi


State, The.
World politics--1945-1955.
POLITICAL SCIENCEĀ / World / General.

D843 / .H46 1959

321.041