PART 1 GREAT POWER RELATIONS

1．Germany—People and Territory:The Nation-State

Introduction

Key Figures

Overview of German History

The German"Nation"

The German State

German Nationalism as an International Problem

Conclusion

Debate Topic

Questions to Consider

2．Excerpts from the 9/11 Commission Report:Intelligence

Introduction:Intelligence

"The System was Blinking Red"

"We Have Some Planes"

Inside the Four Flights

Epilogue

Key Figures

Chronology

Debate Topic

Questions to Consider

3．Sino-Soviet-American Relations:The Balance of Power

Introduction

Key Figures

Chronology

The Superpower"Triangle"and Alignments

Maior Incidents

The Balance of Power Triangle

Conclusion

Debate Topic

Questions to Consider

4．The Cuban Missile Crisis:Rationality

Introduction

Key Figures

Chronology

Rationality and the Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Analysis of the Decision to Blockade Cuba

Response to the Soviet Offers

Conclusion

DebateTopic

Questions to Consider

5．The Military-Industrial Complex:Defense Spending

Introduction

The Iron Triangle

Department of Defense-Industry Cooperation

Industry-Congress Cooperation

The Reform Movement and the Persian Gulf Renaissance

Consolidation,Conversion,and"Cashing Out"

Conclusion

Debate Topic

Questions to Consider

6．Vietnam Homefront:Public Opinion

Introduction

Key Figures

Chronology

Public Opinion and Vietnam

Tonkin Gulf and Rally'Round the Flag

Growing Skepticism

Tet Shock and Johnson's"Resignation"

The Peace Movement

The Nixon Era and Congressional Reassertion

Conclusion:Can the Public Shape Policy？

Debate Topic

Questions to Consider

7．U.S.Role After the Cold War:The National Interest

Introduction

Key Figures

The"Great"Debate

National Interest

Hegemonic Imperative

Multilateralism

Conclusion

Debate Topic

Questions to Consider

8．The Persian Gulf War:Capabilities and Influence

Introduction:Power

Key Figures

Chronology

The First Persian Gulf War

The Diplomatic Phase：August 2,1990-January 16,1991

The Air War Phase:January 17-February 23,1991

The Ground War Phase:February 24-February 28,1991

The Inter-war Period:March 1991-March 2003

Enter the Vulcans

The War in Iraq

Conclusion

Debate Topic

Questions to Consider

9．The Kyoto Protocol:Collective Goods

Introduction

Key Figures

Chronology

Global Warming

Creating Rules on Global Warming Gases

Impasse at The Hague

The Current Situation

Conclusion

Debate Topic

Questions to Consider

10．The NurembergTrials:International Law

Introduction

Key Figures

Chronology

Organizing the Trials

Courtroom Drama

The Judgment

Implications of the Nuremberg Trials

Conclusion

DebateTopic

Questions to Consider

PART 2 CONFLICT IN THE PERIPHERY

11．Apartheid in South Africa:Human Rights

Introduction

Key Figures

Chronology

0rigins of South Africa:1652-1910

Establishment and Consolidation of Apartheid:1910-1965

Stalemate:1965-1988

Dismantling Apartheid:1989-1994

Postapartheid South Africa

Conclusion

Debate Topic

Questions to Consider

12．Yugoslavia's Dismemberment:Anarchy

Introduction

Key Figures

Chronology

History to 1918

1918 to 1980

After Tito

Warfare in Slovenia and Croatia

Warfare in Bosnia

Warfare in Kosovo

War Crimes Tribunal

Conclusion:Whither Yugoslavia?

Debate Topic

Questions to Consider

13．Nationalism and the Russia-Chechnya Conflict:Nationalism and the Clash of Civilizations

Introduction

"Civilization"as an International Relations Concept

A Thumbnail Sketch of the Chechen People

Key Figures

Chronology

History of Chechnya's Conflict with Russia to 1990

The First Chechen War:1990-1996

The Second Chechen War:1997-2000

The History Since 2000

Debate Topic

Questions to Consider

14．Global Terrorism and al Qaeda:Terrorism

Introduction

Key Figures

Chronology

Islamic Fundamentalism

Osama bin Laden and the Founding of al Qaeda

Describing al Qaeda

Al Qaeda After September 11

Conclusion

Debate Topic

Questions to Consider

15．The Camp David Accords:Diplomacy

Introduction

Key Figures

Chronology

Henry Kissinger and the 1973 War

Camp David

Middle East Peace Since Camp David

Conclusion

Debate Topic

Questions to Consider

16．U.S.Interventionism:Strategic and Humanitarian Intervention

Introduction

Key Figures

Chronology

Dominican Republic:1965

Chile:1973

Somalia:1992-1993

Conclusion

Debate ToPic

Questions to Consider

PART 3 MONEY AND JUSTICE

17．Sweatshops and the Global Factory:Globalization

Introduction

The Sweatshop Phenomenon

Sources and Solutions

Conclusion

Debate Topic

Questions to Consider

18．Europe Uniting:Regionalism

Introduction

Key Figures

Chronology

The Emergence of the Common Market:1945-1957

A Primer of European Institutions

The EEC at Work:1957-1973

The European Community Under Stress:1973-1985

Renewal:1986-2004

Conclusion

Debate Topic

Questions to Consider

19．The International Landmine Ban:Nongovernmental Organizations

Introduction

Key Figures

Chronology

Has a Global Society Emerged?

Landmines and International Law

NGOs Become Involved

Landmine Ban Treaty Process

Post-Treaty Activity

Conclusion

DebateTopic

Questions to Consider

Credits

Index