Ole R Holsti – författare

Unlike most texts on the international system, which stress continuities, this volume focuses on changes— what has caused them, where they will stop, and perhaps most important, where they will take us. Designed to initiate and structure inquiry into the dynamics of international change, the book is organized to reflect three main dimensions of sys

This book focuses on changes in the international system — what has caused them, where they will stop, and perhaps most important, where they will take us. It is organized to reflect three main dimensions of system transformation: its nature, its sources, and its limits.

This book, originally published by John Wiley and Sons in 1973, surveys theories about alliance formation, performance, duration, disintegration, and effects. Empirical studies analyze the sources of alliance performance during the 19th and 20th centuries, the effects of conflict and detente on NATO and WTO, and the impact of bloc structure on intra-alliance conflict, with special emphasis on France and China.

This book, first published in 1984, provides a wealth of original evidence that explores not only the impact of the Vietnam War on the beliefs of American leaders – the ‘lessons’ they believed had been learnt by Americans from the conflict in Vietnam.