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Kalevi Holsti: Major Texts on War, the State, Peace, and International Order

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  1. Kalevi Holsti

    1. Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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  • As a pioneer in international relations, Prof. Kalevi Holsti’s work influenced generations of political scientists and scholars of international relations, foreign policy analysis, and security studies
  • Offers, on the occasion of his 80th birthday, a short intellectual autobiography and a comprehensive biography of all his published works
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice (BRIEFSPIONEER, volume 42)

Part of the book sub series: Texts and Protocols (BRIEFSTEXTS)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Kalevi Holsti: Major Texts on War

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction to Section on War

      • Kalevi Holsti
      Pages 3-4

    3. On the Study of War

      • Kalevi Holsti
      Pages 5-25

  3. Kalevi Holsti: Texts on the ‘State of the State’

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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  4. Kalevi Holsti: Texts on ‘Connecting Peace and War’

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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  5. Back Matter

    Pages 189-198
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About this book

In honour of Prof. Kalevi Holsti’s 80th birthday, this book includes key texts by the renowned Canadian International Relations scholar on war, the state, peace, and the international order. The first part includes texts on the Study of War, Use of Force in International Politics: Four Revolutions, and The Decline of Interstate War, while the second part analyses International Sports Competition and the Creation and Sustenance of Statehood, as well as Internationalism and Nationalism within the Multi-Community State. The third part addresses The Peacemakers: Issues and International Order, Governance Without Government: Polyarchy in 19th-Century European International Politics, and The Post-Cold War ‘Settlement’ in Comparative Perspective. Prof. Holsti is a former president of the International Studies Association and the author of a major textbook that was translated into Mandarin, Korean, Japanese, and Bahasa Indonesian. Thousands of undergraduates around the world are acquainted with his work.
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  • Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    Kalevi Holsti

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