Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; Part I. The Ideology of International Orders: 1. Order and international relations; 2. International and world order; 3. Kant and the tradition of optimism; 4. Rousseau and the tradition of despair; Part II. The Practice of International Order: 5. Order and change in the international system, 1815–1990; 6. From balance to concert, 1815–1854; 7. Balance without concert, 1856–1914; 8. Concert without balance, 1918–1939; 9. From concert to balance, 1945–1990; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Reviews

'This is an erudite well-written work.' Adam M. Garfinkle, Orbis 'This book combines a discussion of theoretical perspectives on the nature of international relations with an examination of international history since 1815. Neither of these ventures entails entering new and unexplored territory, but even the most experienced students of the modern international system will find in Clark's work some original perceptions and some interpretations that deviate sufficiently from conventional wisdom to induce reconsideration.' Inis L. Claude Jr, Political Science Quarterly