Politics of force
Young, Oran R
Politics of force - Princeton University Press 1968 - 438 p.
"This book presents a very useful, sound, and skillful analysis of one of the most important contemporary modes of power politics below the threshold of war. The subject is ex ceedingly well chosen and well defined. Its subtleties are managed in an orderly but sensitive fashion. The hypotheses are constructive, the data effectively related to the hypotheses, and the con clusions soundly derived. In general, I have nothing but praise for the whole project." Robert E. Osgood (of The Washington Center of Foreign Policy Research)
How is international influence ac quired by nations and used to achieve political objectives during crises? What effect do crises actually have ua the stability of the international system, and upon the nature of bargaining it self under these conditions?
To answer such questions about the role of organized coercion in the over all international system requires the de velopment of increasingly sophisticated concepts and perspectives which can withstand the demands of comparative empirical analysis. The author's pur pose in this book is to formulate a re search strategy that moves between highly abstract conceptualizing on the international system and purely induc tive inquiry.
Through an analysis of several cases
-the Berlin crises of 1948-1949 and 1961, the Taiwan Strait crisis of 1958, and the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 the author elucidates various inter mediate and highly politicized forms of international coercion. The analysis yields new insights into the stability of the international system and the role of organized force in international poli tics.
In his earlier book, The Interme diaries, the author dealt with the role third parties can play in the termina tion of crises. Focusing on bargaining under conditions of crisis, this book continues Professor Young's penetrat ing exploration of the nature of con flict and the role of coercion in inter national affairs.
Oran R. Young is an Assistant Pro fessor in the Department of Politics and a Faculty Associate in the Center of International Studies at Princeton University.
Political fluidity
327.117 You
Politics of force - Princeton University Press 1968 - 438 p.
"This book presents a very useful, sound, and skillful analysis of one of the most important contemporary modes of power politics below the threshold of war. The subject is ex ceedingly well chosen and well defined. Its subtleties are managed in an orderly but sensitive fashion. The hypotheses are constructive, the data effectively related to the hypotheses, and the con clusions soundly derived. In general, I have nothing but praise for the whole project." Robert E. Osgood (of The Washington Center of Foreign Policy Research)
How is international influence ac quired by nations and used to achieve political objectives during crises? What effect do crises actually have ua the stability of the international system, and upon the nature of bargaining it self under these conditions?
To answer such questions about the role of organized coercion in the over all international system requires the de velopment of increasingly sophisticated concepts and perspectives which can withstand the demands of comparative empirical analysis. The author's pur pose in this book is to formulate a re search strategy that moves between highly abstract conceptualizing on the international system and purely induc tive inquiry.
Through an analysis of several cases
-the Berlin crises of 1948-1949 and 1961, the Taiwan Strait crisis of 1958, and the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 the author elucidates various inter mediate and highly politicized forms of international coercion. The analysis yields new insights into the stability of the international system and the role of organized force in international poli tics.
In his earlier book, The Interme diaries, the author dealt with the role third parties can play in the termina tion of crises. Focusing on bargaining under conditions of crisis, this book continues Professor Young's penetrat ing exploration of the nature of con flict and the role of coercion in inter national affairs.
Oran R. Young is an Assistant Pro fessor in the Department of Politics and a Faculty Associate in the Center of International Studies at Princeton University.
Political fluidity
327.117 You