Perforated Sovereignties and International Relations
Perforated Sovereignties and International Relations

Author: Ivo Duchacek

Publisher: Praeger

Published: 1988-08-03

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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In case studies and comparative analysis of Canada, the United States, France, Switzerland, and Belgium, a distinguished international group of scholars looks at how and why provinces, states, cantons, and large municipalities increasingly seek access to foreign sources of wealth and technological information. The first book to explore the subject, this new study examines the effects of these initiatives on the traditional conduct of foreign policy and foreign trade and the implications of the continued perforation of national boundaries already subject to an unprecedented flow of foreign products, cultural influences, and visitors, as well as environmental pollution from abroad.

Motivation in War
Motivation in War

Author: Ilya Berkovich

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-02-02

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1107167736

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Explains the motivation of ordinary soldiers to enlist, serve and fight in the armies of eighteenth-century Europe.

The Diplomats' World
The Diplomats' World

Author: Markus Mösslang

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2008-09-11

Total Pages: 494

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"This volume provides an original perspective on diplomacy and diplomatic practice between the Congress of Vienna and the outbreak of the First World War. By focusing on cultural dimensions, The Diplomats' World aims to give a broader picture of diplomacy than usual. While most modern works on foreign affairs concentrate on the functional role of diplomacy and marginalize the nature of diplomatic services, this volume links form and content, presenting diplomacy as both a real world experience and a structural element in international relations. Drawing on the diplomats' many and varied encounters between their own individual and professional circles and the 'wider world', it discusses diplomatic history as part of the cultural history of politics. Among the topics covered are the operating norms of the diplomatic establishment, the influence of the public sphere on the conduct of diplomacy, and the role of etiquette and protocol in diplomatic encounters."--BOOK JACKET.

The Swiss and Their Neighbours, 1460-1560
The Swiss and Their Neighbours, 1460-1560

Author: Tom Scott

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 0198725272

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Much of early-modern Europe was built up gradually by a series of leagues and alliances, and this volume seeks to demonstrate that the Swiss Confederation was one such composite polity, surviving until the end of the ancien regime by accommodating and absorbing internal conflicts through a sense of common identity and mutual obligation.