INTLSTD 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Cuban Missile Crisis, Reagan Doctrine, Warsaw Pact
20 Aug 2016
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Searching for security: the political world: de ning political borders: the origins of the modern state system. Thucydides: rst proponent of power politics" argues that leaders who ignore the pursuit of power invite con ict commenting on peloponnesian war: when melian refused to ght, the athenians attacked without mercy. Imperial system: political organization where 1 gov is dominant over most of the world w/ which is has contact ex: roman empire, british empire. Feudal system: political loyalties based on allegiance to landowner or local lord and not the land loyalty and political obligations take precedence over political boundaries. Anarchic system of states: composed of political units operating in an environment w/ no higher central authority political units are relatively cohesive but w/ no higher gov above them ex: city-states of greece. Machiavelli: the prince all means were appropriate in pursuing the desired end use power to achieve political dominance.
