What is global studies? : a political and economic perspective / Michael R. Anderson and Stephanie S. Holmsten -- Historical foundations / Michael R. Anderson -- U.S. globalism and the present World order / Michael R. Anderson -- Key concepts and processes : empire and imperialism / Michael R....

Rewriting the epic of America / Ira Katznelson -- International engagement and American democracy: a comparative perspective / Aristide R. Zolberg -- International commitments and American political institutions in the nineteenth century / Robert O. Keohane -- Flexible capacity: the military and...

We live in a world increasingly shaped by the forces of globalization or interdependence as all the world's countries and individuals, in varying degrees and ways, are drawn into an ever more complex economic, political, technological, ethical, communications, transportation, and cultural web....

Part One: Theory . - 1 Active Units and Praxeological Problems: An Introduction 3 . - 2 Potency 27 . - 3 Conflicts and Their Resolution 59 . - 4 The Concept of Strategy 81. - 5 The Stability of Systems of Active Units 116 . - 6 International Relations Theory 128 . - 7 The Object and Nature of...