Suchergebnisse

This book is designed to present a fully developed theory of international crisis and conflict, along with substantial evidence of these two closely related phenomena. The book begins with a discussion of these topics at a theoretical level, defining and elaborating on core concepts: international crisis, interstate conflict, severity, and impact. This is followed by a discussion of the international system, along with two significant illustrations, the Berlin Blockade crisis (1948) and the India-Pakistan crisis over Kashmir (1965-66). The book then presents a unified model of crisis, focusing on the four phases of an international crisis, which incorporate the four periods of foreign policy crises for individual states. Findings from thirteen conflicts representing six regional clusters are then analyzed, concluding with a set of hypotheses and evidence on conflict onset, persistence, and resolution.

Books by Michael Brecher -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Many Paths to Knowledge -- Chapter 2: Historical Roots -- Four Levels of Conflict -- Clash of Belief Systems -- Competing National Goals -- Intercommunal Rivalry -- Discordant British Pledges -- Political and Military Acts, 1933-1947 -- Transformative Event-UN Partition Resolution 181 -- Chapter 3: Struggle for Jerusalem -- Onset -- Decisions -- Decision-Makers -- Attitudinal Prism-Perceptions -- Decision Process -- Implementation -- International Boycott -- Chapter 4: Arab-Israel Perceptions -- Israel-Palestine -- National Identity -- Attitudinal Prisms -- Israel-Syria -- Attitudinal Prisms -- Arab-Israel Perceptions of the Balance of Military Capability -- Chapter 5: Israeli Leaders' Perceptions of the Arabs, the Arab-Israel Conflict, and Peace: Formative Generation, 1948-77 -- Ben-Gurion and Sharett: Two Competing Perceptions -- Levi Eshkol: Changing Views of the Arabs -- Golda Meir: Ben-Gurionist Image of the Arabs -- Yigal Allon and Moshe Dayan: Sabra Views of the Arabs and Israel's Strategic Goals -- Abba Eban: Sharettist Views of the Arabs, the Middle East, and Peace -- Shimon Peres: Ben-Gurionist Views of the Arabs and the Middle East -- Chapter 6: Encounters with Arab Intellectuals and Officials: Views on Israel, Palestine, and Their Conflict (1975) -- Mohammed Sayeed Ahmad: Commentator, Al-Ahram Center, Cairo -- Osama Al-Baz: National Security Advisor to Presidents Sadat and Mubarak -- Boutros Boutros-Ghali: Professor of International Law, Cairo University -- Later, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Egypt, and UN Secretary-­General (1992-1996) -- Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies -- Disquieting Reaction in Israel -- Chapter 7: Conflict-Sustaining Acts in the Arab-Israel Protracted Conflict -- Violence

This book is unique in illuminating and comparing the charismatic role of two political leaders, Jawaharlal Nehru and David Ben-Gurion, along with assessments of many other 20th century political leaders. Its aim is to enrich our knowledge of an important dimension of global politics: charismatic leadership. The central role of political leaders in shaping the behavior of states has been universally recognized since the political systems of antiquity in East Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. With the massive increase of independent states since the end of World War II, from 55 initial members of the United Nations to more than 200 today, and especially the emergence of awesome weapons of mass destruction, the centrality of political leaders in the survival of the planet has grown exponentially. Both India and Israel have experienced the crucial role of charismatic leaders, Nehru and Ben Gurion, who dominated their states and societies for a near-identical formative period in their political independence, 1947-64 and 1948-63 respectively, as charismatic leaders. Their impact, Brecher shows, extended far beyond their states to both their geographic regions and global politics

The World of Protracted Conflicts analyzes interstate protracted conflict, a widespread phenomenon in the global system and regional subsystems during the past near-century. It describes the content of a protracted conflict, explains the cause-effect linkages in this multi-dimensional phenomenon, and explores models to forecast protracted conflict.

This book is unique in illuminating and comparing the charismatic role of two political leaders, Jawaharlal Nehru and David Ben-Gurion, along with assessments of many other 20th century political leaders. Its aim is to enrich our knowledge of an important dimension of global politics: charismatic leadership. The central role of political leaders in shaping the behavior of states has been universally recognized since the political systems of antiquity in East Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. With the massive increase of independent states since the end of World War II, from 55 initial members of the United Nations to more than 200 today, and especially the emergence of awesome weapons of mass destruction, the centrality of political leaders in the survival of the planet has grown exponentially. Both India and Israel have experienced the crucial role of charismatic leaders, Nehru and Ben Gurion, who dominated their states and societies for a near-identical formative period in their political independence, 1947-64 and 1948-63 respectively, as charismatic leaders. Their impact, Brecher shows, extended far beyond their states to both their geographic regions and global politics.--

Conflict and crisis: concepts and overview findings on earthquakes I -- Protracted conflict-crisis model and findings on earthquakes II -- Crisis escalation to war: concepts, model, and findings on earthquakes III -- Crisis severity and impact: concepts and model -- Crisis intensity and fallout: findings on earthquakes IV -- Structure and stability: concepts and model -- Findings on the polarity-stability nexus -- Ethiopian (Abyssinian) War 1934-36, multipolarity, Africa -- Berlin Blockade 1948-49, bipolarity, Europe -- Bangladesh 1971, bipolycentrism, Asia -- Gulf War I 1990-91, unipolycentrism, Middle East -- Coping/crisis management: findings on earthquakes V -- What have we learned?

Crises in World Politics.