Chapter 13 — International Politics and the Global Community

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Additional Suggested Readings

The following readings supplement those suggested in chapter 13 of the text.

Barber, Benjamin. Jihad vs. McWorld. New York: Times Books, 1995.

Bennett, Leroy. International Organization: Principles and Issues. 7th ed. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2001.

Florini, Ann M. The Third Force: The Rise of Transnational Civil Society. Washington: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2000.

Ginsberg, Roy H. H. European Union in International Politics: Baptism by Fire. New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2001.

Halberstam, David. War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2002.

Kennedy, Paul, ed. Global Trends and Global Governance. Sterling: Pluto Press, 2002.

Nye, Joseph. The Paradox of American Power. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.

Nye, Joseph, and John D. Donahue, eds. Governance in a Globalizing World. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2000.

Parker, George.  The Assassin’s Gate: America in Iraq.  New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2005.

Schultz, Kenneth. Democracy and Coercive Diplomacy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Weiss, Thomas G.; Garayannis, Tatiana; Emmerij, Louis; and Jolly, Richard.  U.N. Voices: The Struggle for Development and Social Justice.  Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2005.

Annotated Links

The following links will help you explore the themes of chapter 13 on the Web.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Founded in 1910, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a nonprofit think tank dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States. It sponsors research, publishing, and various conferences. The Endowment publishes the well-known magazine Foreign Policy.

The Cold War

This award-winning interactive site dramatically presents the cold war--a most compelling era in world politics. The site offers a historical chronology, sections for debate and discussion, an educator’s guide, and a set of interactive games to test knowledge of the cold war’s history and key players.

European Union (EU)

This official site of the European Union provides information about the Union’s history, purpose, membership, and activities. It also provides links to the EU’s official documents.

Foreign Affairs Online

Sponsored by the University of Virginia and maintained by Dr. Robert Beck of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, this is a terrific resource for information on international organizations, international law, and U.S. foreign policy.

U.S. Department of State Terrorism Report

Use this site to access the U.S. Department of State’s annual report, Patterns of Global Terrorism--an extremely valuable snapshot of global terrorism. The report reviews terror activity during the year as well as historical patterns of global terrorism, and it provides background profiles on major terrorist organizations.

The United Nations (UN)

This official site of the United Nations is a rich source of material about the UN and its activities. Of particular value is the large data bank of UN documents.