Power and the pursuit of peace : theory and practice in the history of relations between states / by F. H. Hinsley

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1967. 1st paperback edition. Softcover. Very good paperback copy; cover slightly creased and dulled as with age. Bright and clean internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 416 pp. Contents; Introduction -- Part I.A History of Internationalist Theories: 1. To the end of the seventeenth century -- 2. Penn, Bellers and Saint-Pierre -- 3. Rousseau -- 4. Kant -- 5. Bentham and James Mill -- 6. The first half of the nineteenth century -- 7. From the Crimean War to the League of Nations -- Part II. A History of the Modern States' System to 1900: 8. The beginnings of the system -- 9. The first fifty years -- 10. The concert of Europe -- 11. International Relations in the second half of the nineteenth century -- Part III. International Relations and International organizations in the twentieth century: 12. International Relations in the first half of the twentieth century -- 13. The First World War -- 14. The failure of the League of Nations -- 15. The causes of the Second World War -- 16. The nature and development of the United Nations -- 17. International Relations since the Second World War -- References -- Index. Subjects; International relations History. Peace. World politics. Diplomacy. War prevention. International agencies.