1. The Basic Features of the Modern State System

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. Introduction 1
5. I. RISE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MODERN STATE SYSTEM
6. 1. The Basic Features of the Modern State System 37
7. 2. The Rise of the Territorial State 43
8. 3. The Nature of Territoriality 49
9. 4. The Territorial State in International Relations 62
10. 5. Collective Security as an Attempt to Maintain the Territorial Principle 76
11. 6. The Decline of the Territorial State 96
12. II. INTERNATIONAL POLITICS IN THE ATOMIC AGE
13. 7. The Impact of Bipolarity 111
14. 8. The Impact of the New Weapons 167
15. III. PROSPECTS OF FUTURE INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
16. 9. Is There a Future for International Politics? 225
17. 10. The Security Dilemma in the Atomic Age 231
18. 11. A Plan for a Holding Operation 244
19. 12. Universalism as Alternative to the Power Dilemma 300
20. Index of Personal Names 358