This book will interest students and scholars of international relations, peace studies, comparative politics and area studies.

Professor Holsti examines the origins of war and the foundations of peace of the last 350 years.

Formal and empirical explanations of peace and war

This is the first book to place Russia's 'long' eighteenth century squarely in its European context.

As a comparative synthesis of the literature on agrarian regimes in South Asia, the book promises to be a valuable resource for students of agrarian and regional history as well as of comparative world history.

This book takes account of that past and pays attention to the pre-Columbian and Spanish colonial influence.

Containing chapter-by-chapter guides to further reading and discussion questions for students, this book offers an accessible and lively survey of the dominant theory in International Relations.

This 1999 book is a serious study of Henry IV's relationship with the towns of France, and offers an in-depth analysis of a crucial aspect of his craft of kingship.

This book addresses one of the least understood issues in modern international history: how, between 1930 and 1945, Britain lost its global pre-eminence to the United States.

This book challenges us to look at liberal political ideas in a fresh way.