Publisher's Synopsis
International Relations: A Concise Companion provides a comprehensive cross-referenced dictionary for those studying international relations and modern and contemporary international history. Students in particular are faced with an enormous variety of concepts, organizations, movements, conflicts, treaties, historical and geographical references and doctries, as well as terminology that spans diplomatic, military, legal and environmental issues. They will find this book an invaluable guide.
Interest in international relations has never been greater than it is today, but the study of international relations requires an interdisciplinary understanding in order to make sense of global continuity and change, and global and regional interdependence and rivalry.
With a framework that covers the period from the French Revolution of 1789 right up to the present, and includes 1500 entries, International Relations: A Concise Companion gives the reader both the theory and the historical context, and provides an invaluable support to study. Detailed and succinct, it is fully cross-referenced and includes details of further reading and websites. It is an essential reference book for anyone seeking a better understanding of world affairs and the background to contemporary realities.
