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Acknowledgements Introduction Theory or Coffee without Sugar History or Did Napoleon Win at Waterloo? Universal History or the World as We Know It Civilization or Naked Greed Civilizations or Realities of the Extreme Longue Durée Modern International System I or No Rock Without a Flag Modern International System II or the White Man's Burden Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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A. NURI YURDUSEV received his Ph.D. from the University of Leicester, UK. He is presently an Associate Professor of International Relations at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. His current research interest include the theory and history of international relations, the European identity and the Ottoman diplomacy.