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Force and folly, essays on foreign affairs and the history of ideas.
LIBRA D844 .S68
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Speier, Hans.
- Series:
- M.I.T. studies in comparative politics series.
- M.I.T. studies in comparative politics
- M.I.T. studies in comparative politics.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World politics--1955-1965.
- World politics.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 342 pages ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : M.I.T. Press, [1968, c1969].
- Contents:
- War and peace in the nuclear age.
- International political communication: elite vs. mass.
- The political value of arms.
- Revolutionary War.
- Soviet atomic blackmail and the North Atlantic Alliance.
- The Suez crises.
- Germany in American foreign policy.
- The Hallstein doctrine.
- On war games.
- Some observations on political gaming.
- The pitfalls of political humor.
- The fool and social order.
- Court and tavern in the German Baroque novel.
- Simplicissimus, the irreverent fool.
- Courage, the adventuress.
- Grimmelshausen's laughter.
- Notes:
- "The papers presented here were written in the last ten years, so that this book may be regarded as a sequel to Social order and the risks of war ... first published in 1952.".
- Bibliographical footnotes.
- OCLC:
- 365069
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