This book uses a comparative foreign policy research method and seven focused case studies to analyze the foreign policy choices of small states as predicted by the leading three theories in international relations: realism, domestic factors, and social constructivism.

Neal G. Jesse is a professor of political science at Bowling Green State University. He holds a PhD from UCLA and a BA from UCSB. Dr. Jesse's previous publications include Small States in the International System: At Peace and at War, Ethnic Conflict: A Systematic Approach to Cases of Conflict, Beyond Great Powers and Hegemons: Why Secondary States Support, Follow, or Challenge, and Identity and Institutions: Conflict Reduction in Divided Societies. He has published articles in several journals such as International Political Science Review, International Studies Quarterly, Political Psychology, and Electoral Studies.

Chapter One: Small States as Distinct Units of Analysis and as Different than Large and Middle Powers
Chapter Two: Realism and Small States in the International System
Chapter Three: Non-Structural Factors of Foreign Policy: Domestic Factors and Social Constructivism
Chapter Four: Switzerland, 1815-Present: Small State in the Middle of a Multipolar Regional Power Structure
Chapter Five: Ireland, 1920-present: A Singular Stance for Nearly a Century
Chapter Six: Small European Buffer States in Two World Wars
Chapter Seven: Finland, 1939-1945: A Small State Resists Aggression
Chapter Eight: The Third Indo-China War, 1979
Chapter Nine: The Ogaden War 1977-1978, Ethiopia vs. Somalia
Chapter Ten: The Chaco War, 1932-1935: Paraguay vs. Bolivia
Chapter Eleven: Generalizations about Small State Behavior