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For several decades the debate over collective security--the idea that alliances are problematic and that all nations should pledge to come to the aid of any nation that is a victim of aggression--has been polarized. Collective Conflict Management and Changing World Politics probes the international and domestic conditions under which collective security tends to work or not, and questions if the end of the Cold War makes success more or less ...

For several decades the debate over collective security -- the idea that alliances are problematic and that all nations should pledge to come to the aid of any nation that is a victim of aggression -- has been polarized. Collective Conflict Management and Changing World Politics probes the international and domestic conditions under which collective security tends to work or not, and questions if the end of the Cold War makes success more or l...

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Lepgold's timely book examines the substance of and rationale for the American defense commitment to Europe between 1960 and 1990, a period marked by change in the U.S. world position. America's military, technological, and economic preeminence are gone and Lepgold explores how and why political leaders have adapted to this change.

The gap between academics and practitioners in international relations has widened in recent years, according to the authors of this book. Globalization, ethnic conflict, and ecological threats have created a new set of issues that challenge policymakers, and cutting-edge scholarship can contribute a great deal to the diagnosis and handling of potentially explosive situations.

An examination of the rationale for the American defence commitment to Europe between 1960 and 1980, a period marked by change in the US world position. It explores how and why political leaders have adapted to this change and provides an analysis of a "hegemonic" state's foreign policy adaptation.