Barry H. Steiner is Professor of Political Science at California State University at Long Beach. He is the author of Bernard Brodie and the Foundations of American Nuclear Strategy.

"…an important book that breaks new ground in analyzing the dynamics among the great powers that determine the prospects and patterns of collective action to defuse ethnic conflict in smaller states." — Perspectives on Politics"Fascinating to read, enormously thorough, detailed, and authoritative in a huge range of topics. Steiner has taken a complicated subject and, in several case studies that span two centuries, carefully arrived at conclusions that can be a guide to current and future action and understanding." — I. William Zartman, coeditor of Peacemaking in International Conflict: Methods and Techniques"A fine study, which fills an important gap in the literature of the past decade on preventive diplomacy and related problems." — Alexander L. George, coauthor of Presidential Personality and Performance

• List of Tables and Illustrations Acknowledgments Part 1: Framework and Concepts 1. Introduction 2. Insulation and Intervention: A Conceptual Overview 3. Forging Great-Power Consensus Part 2: The History 4. The Cases Part 3: Case Analysis 5. Local Ethnic Conflict as an International Problem 6. Great-Power Objectives and Agenda Making 7. Conciliating the Antagonists 8. From Conciliation to Coercion 9. The Endgame Part 4: Conclusions 10. Implications for Policy Notes Selected Bibliography List of Books in the SUNY series in Global Politics Index

Barry H. Steiner is Professor of Political Science at California State University at Long Beach. He is the author of Bernard Brodie and the Foundations of American Nuclear Strategy.

"…an important book that breaks new ground in analyzing the dynamics among the great powers that determine the prospects and patterns of collective action to defuse ethnic conflict in smaller states." — Perspectives on Politics"Fascinating to read, enormously thorough, detailed, and authoritative in a huge range of topics. Steiner has taken a complicated subject and, in several case studies that span two centuries, carefully arrived at conclusions that can be a guide to current and future action and understanding." — I. William Zartman, coeditor of Peacemaking in International Conflict: Methods and Techniques"A fine study, which fills an important gap in the literature of the past decade on preventive diplomacy and related problems." — Alexander L. George, coauthor of Presidential Personality and Performance

• List of Tables and Illustrations Acknowledgments Part 1: Framework and Concepts 1. Introduction 2. Insulation and Intervention: A Conceptual Overview 3. Forging Great-Power Consensus Part 2: The History 4. The Cases Part 3: Case Analysis 5. Local Ethnic Conflict as an International Problem 6. Great-Power Objectives and Agenda Making 7. Conciliating the Antagonists 8. From Conciliation to Coercion 9. The Endgame Part 4: Conclusions 10. Implications for Policy Notes Selected Bibliography List of Books in the SUNY series in Global Politics Index

Barry H. Steiner is Professor of Political Science at California State University at Long Beach. He is the author of Bernard Brodie and the Foundations of American Nuclear Strategy.

"…an important book that breaks new ground in analyzing the dynamics among the great powers that determine the prospects and patterns of collective action to defuse ethnic conflict in smaller states." — Perspectives on Politics"Fascinating to read, enormously thorough, detailed, and authoritative in a huge range of topics. Steiner has taken a complicated subject and, in several case studies that span two centuries, carefully arrived at conclusions that can be a guide to current and future action and understanding." — I. William Zartman, coeditor of Peacemaking in International Conflict: Methods and Techniques"A fine study, which fills an important gap in the literature of the past decade on preventive diplomacy and related problems." — Alexander L. George, coauthor of Presidential Personality and Performance

• List of Tables and Illustrations Acknowledgments Part 1: Framework and Concepts 1. Introduction 2. Insulation and Intervention: A Conceptual Overview 3. Forging Great-Power Consensus Part 2: The History 4. The Cases Part 3: Case Analysis 5. Local Ethnic Conflict as an International Problem 6. Great-Power Objectives and Agenda Making 7. Conciliating the Antagonists 8. From Conciliation to Coercion 9. The Endgame Part 4: Conclusions 10. Implications for Policy Notes Selected Bibliography List of Books in the SUNY series in Global Politics Index