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  • Essays on lone trips, mountain-craft and other hill topics

    de Adam Watson ...
    This book begins with a thought-provoking article now reprinted, criticising the increasing influence of politically-correct organisations and politicians who desire to control freewill and mountaineering. Then comes a chapter with a critique of several writers on the Cairngorms in comparison with the original Seton Gordon.After the author published a review in 1977 on ‘The wildlife potential of ... Leer más

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  • The Origins of History

    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Historiography
    A distillation of the thought and research to which Herbert Butterfield devoted the last twenty years of his life to, this book, originally published in 1981, traces how differently people understood the relevance of their past and its connection with their religion. It examines ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia; the political perceptiveness of the Hittites; the Jewish sense of God in history, of ... Leer más

    $70.99 USD

  • Frighten the Horses and Other Plays

    de Adam Watson ...
    From the author of Lollygagged and Flannel Flogged comes a collection of three plays set in Louisville, Kentucky. In The Birdbath, a father and son attempt an impossible reconciliation in a funeral's aftermath. In Frighten the Horses, a romantic liar complicates his life even further when stereotypes, myths and illusions collide against uncertain truths. And a couple attempts to overcome a new ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • The Evolution of International Society

    A Comparative Historical Analysis Reissue with a new introduction by Barry Buzan and Richard Little

    de Adam Watson ...
    `This is a real feast of a book. ... a landmark book. It is clear enough to be used as a teaching text, and could make an excellent introduction to the discipline for those courageous enough to revise their courses.' International Affairs`This is a bold, successful and valuable book... It is written with admirable clarity and merciful conciseness.' International Relations`A stunning success. ... Leer más

    $77.99 USD

  • Hegemony & History

    Series series New International Relations
    This collection of essays records the development of Adam Watson's thinking about international theory from the 1950s to the present, exploring his contribution to, and the development of, the English School.Adam Watson was one of the members of the British Committee on the Theory of International Politics alongside Herbert Butterfield, Martin Wight and Hedley Bull and a founding member of the ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • The Limits of Independence

    de Adam Watson ...
    Nation states are not as independent as they seem. In The Limits of Independence, Adam Watson explores how independence of action is limited by both a tightening net of interdependence between countries and by the rules which the 'international society of states' has put in place to manage order and change. He also argues that the external and internal behaviour of independent states is ... Leer más

    $57.99 USD

  • Grouse

    Series Libro 107 - Collins New Naturalist Library
    With less than twenty species worldwide and only four British and Irish species, the grouse is surprisingly well-known. Its habitats are diverse and relatively remote – ranging from deep forests, through open moorland, to Scotland’s highest peaks.‘Grouse: The Natural History of British and Irish Species’ covers four of the most emblematic species of our upland regions. Collectively they have the ... Leer más

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  • Diplomacy

    The Dialogue Between States

    de Adam Watson ...
    In the first major assessment of diplomatic dialogue since Nicolson's Diplomacy in 1939, Adam Watson traces the changing techniques of diplomacy from ancient times through the 'diplomatic society' of Europe to the present global system. In examining the conventions and institutions which help to shape the international system the author aims not so much to preserve diplomatic order which worked ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

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  • The Cambridge Companion to International Law

    Series series Cambridge Companions to Law
    This intellectually rigorous introduction to international law encourages readers to engage with multiple aspects of the topic: as 'law' directing and shaping its subjects; as a technique for governing the world of states and beyond statehood; and as a framework within which several critical and constructivist projects are articulated. The articles situate international law in its historical and ... Leer más

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  • World Politics

    Progress and its Limits

    de James Mayall ...
    Series series Themes for the 21st Century
    At the end of the Cold War, there was much talk of a new world order in which the sovereign state would be held to democratic account, fundamental rights would be respected, and conflict would be replaced by cooperation based on the rule of law. At the start of the new millenium most of this optimism has evaporated.This book examines why it is so difficult to improve standards of international ... Leer más

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  • States and Power

    Series series Political Sociology
    States over the past 500 years have become the dominant institutions on Earth, exercising vast and varied authority over the economic well-being, health, welfare, and very lives of their citizens. This concise and engaging book explains how power became centralized in states at the expense of the myriad of other polities that had battled one another over previous millennia.Richard Lachmann traces ... Leer más

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  • The Purpose of Intervention

    Changing Beliefs about the Use of Force

    Series series Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
    Violence or the potential for violence is a fact of human existence. Many societies, including our own, reward martial success or skill at arms. The ways in which members of a particular society use force reveal a great deal about the nature of authority within the group and about its members' priorities.Martha Finnemore uses one type of force, military intervention, as a window onto the shifting ... Leer más

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