Politics of Force : : Bargaining during International Crises / / Oran R. Young.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Young, Oran R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1969
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1937
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (452 p.)

Examining the Berlin crises of 1948-49 and 1961, the Taiwan Strait crisis of 1958, and the Cuban crisis of 1962, the author elucidates various intermediate and highly politicized forms of international coercion.Originally published in 1969.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I. Crises and bargaining -- Introduction -- 1. Crises in International Politics -- 2. The Bases of International Bargaining -- 3. The International Setting -- Part II. Contextual factors -- Introduction -- 4. Political Fluidity -- 5. The Force of Events -- 6. Problems of Communication -- 7. Peripheral Actors -- Part III. Tactical Equations -- Introduction -- 8. Resolve and Prudence -- 9. Freedom of Choice -- 10. Bargaining Impediments -- 11. The Relevance of Salience -- 12. Political Bargains -- Part IV. Force, coercion, and violence -- Introduction -- 13. Restraints on the Use of Violence -- 14. The Role of Initiative -- 15. Coercive Uses of Asymmetries -- 16. The Determinants of Emphasis -- Appendix A: Problems of Epistemology -- Appendix B: A Note on Sources -- Index -- Backmatter