The consistent chapter outline of International Relations Brief Edition centers on three questions: what do we study (the issues and terms), how do we study it (theory), and how do we apply it (levels of analysis). These sections are followed by a concluding extended case study (Past, Present, and F[...]
During the peak years of the Cold War, when the inscrutability of the Kremlin's agenda left many Western observers fearing imminent nuclear war, Americans could only speculate about what Soviet leaders might be thinking and planning. What were the Soviet's true intentions? Did they have a comprehens[...]