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Download or read book The Holstein Papers Volume 3 Correspondence 1861 1896 written by Friedrich von Holstein and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1961-01-02 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third volume of Friedrich von Holstein's work, Bismarck's subordinate at the German Foreign Office, containing his correspondence, 1861-1896.

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Download or read book The Holstein Papers written by Friedrich von Holstein and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1957 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Holstein Papers Volume 1 Memoirs and Political Observations written by Friedrich von Holstein and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1955-01-02 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume of Friedrich von Holstein's work containing his memoirs and political observations including Bismarck and the Franco-Prussian war.

Download or read book The Holstein Papers Volume 2 Diaries written by Friedrich von Holstein and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1957-01-02 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second volume of Friedrich von Holstein's work, Bismarck's subordinate at the German Foreign Office, containing his diaries.

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Download or read book Fragile Rise written by Xu Qiyu and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Germany's rise to power before World War I from a Chinese persective, and the geopolitical lessons for today. A series of solemn anniversary events have marked the centenary of World War I. Could history repeat itself in today's geopolitics? Now, as then, a land power with a growing economy and a maritime power with global commitments are the two leading states in the international system. Most ominously, the outbreak of war in 1914 is a stark reminder that nations cannot rely on economic interdependence and ongoing diplomacy to keep the peace. In Fragile Rise, Xu Qiyu offers a Chinese perspective on the course of German grand strategy in the decades before World War I. Xu shows how Germany's diplomatic blunders turned its growing power into a liability instead of an asset. Bismarck's successors provoked tension and conflict with the other European great powers. Germany's attempts to build a powerful navy alienated Britain. Fearing an assertive Germany, France and Russia formed an alliance, leaving the declining Austro-Hungarian Empire as Germany's only major ally. Xu's account demonstrates that better strategy and statesmanship could have made a difference—for Germany and Europe. His analysis offers important lessons for the leaders of China and other countries. Fragile Rise reminds us that the emergence of a new great power creates risks that can be managed only by adroit diplomats, including the leaders of the emerging power. In the twenty-first century, another great war may not be inevitable. Heeding the lessons of Fragile Rise could make it even less likely.

Download or read book Threats and Promises written by James W. Davis and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003-05-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conventional wisdom dictates that the conditions of international politics require states to pursue "tough" strategies based on threats, ruling out "soft" strategies such as reassurances or appeasement. In Threats and Promises, James W. Davis, Jr., works toward a theory of influence in international politics that recognizes the power of promises and assurances as tools of statecraft. Davis offers an analytic treatment of promises and assurances, drawing on relevant strands of international relations theory and deterrence theory, as well as cognitive and social psychology. Building on prospect theory (from cognitive psychology), he develops a testable theory of influence that suggests promises are most effective when potential aggressors are motivated by a desire to avoid loss. Davis then considers a series of case studies drawn principally from German diplomatic relations in the later nineteenth and early twentieth century. From the case studies—which focus on such issues as European stability, colonial competition, and the outbreak of the First World War—Davis shows how a blending of threats and promises according to reasoned principles can lead to a new system of more creative statecraft. While many critical analyses exist on the use of threats, there are relatively few on the use of promises. Davis argues that promises have been central to outcomes that were previously attributed to the successful use of deterrent threats, as well as the resolution of many crises where threats failed to deter aggression. Threats and Promises challenges the conventional wisdom and is an original contribution to the field of international politics.

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