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Summary: Excellent introductory text in international relations
Review: An outstanding text in introductory international relations. Gives very good coverage not only to security and power issues but also excellent coverage of international political economy and environmental issues as well. Also gives a short treatment of feminist interpretations of IR.
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Summary: So up-to-date!
Review: I'll admit, I didn't actually read this entire book; it was only one of about six books for my introductory IR class last semester. The parts that I did read, however, were incredibly current. There was information in this book from as early as 1998 (it was published in 1999), which really impressed me, having come from a high school where most of my books were at least five years old, if not older. If for some reason you are looking for an IR textbook to buy, this is a good one to get.
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Summary: So up-to-date!
Review: I'll admit, I didn't actually read this entire book; it was only one of about six books for my introductory IR class last semester. The parts that I did read, however, were incredibly current. There was information in this book from as early as 1998 (it was published in 1999), which really impressed me, having come from a high school where most of my books were at least five years old, if not older. If for some reason you are looking for an IR textbook to buy, this is a good one to get.
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Summary: Great Introductory Text
Review: This is probably the best International Relations (IR) text out there, and it is a good one too! IR is a hybrid and consequently very large field comprised of myriad sub-fields intersecting at various angles. This book makes sense of this confusion, and does so in an intellectually rigorous fashion.The book is divided into two parts: International Security and International Political Economy. The chapters in these parts introduce the reader to such concepts as power politics, international law, trade, the environment, and the North-South Gap, to name a few. It is a difficult task to sum up the entire field of IR, and Goldstein does not do this. I'm not sure it can be done. But what Goldstein does do is provide the introductory student with a solid grasp of the fundamentals of IR so that s/he can have a solid foundation from which to launch further inquiries. Highly recommended.
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