A new Edition of this well-established introduction to international polits. As with the previous two editions, the book's emphasisis on states, the conflicts that divide them, the intruments they employ to pursue their ideals and secure their interesrts, and the systems of precepts and practices through which conflicts are worked out.

1. The States and Their Setting
2. Great Powers and Lesser States
3. The World Economy
4. The State and the Multinational Corporation
5. The States and Conflict
6. The Instruments Of Conflict
7. Secret Intelligence
8. Force
9. Economic Statecraft
10. Propaganda
11. The States-System
12. The 'Constitution' of World Politics
13. The Balance of Power
14. Diplomacy
15. Peacekeeping
16. The UN Welfare Network
17. Conclusion
18. Notes of Reference Books
19. Index