Part 1: Introduction 1. The Study of Inter-State Relations 2. The Techniques Part 2: The State System at Rest 3. State Systems 4. The Properties of a State - Belligerent Power 5. The Categorization of States 6. The Properties of a State – Interests 8. Symbolic Representation 9. Diplomatic Power Part 3: The State System in Motion 10. New Developments in the Form Relationships Between Two or More States 11. The Crisis 12. War 13. Making a Settlement Part 4: The State System Surveyed 14. What Makes a Period? 15. The Structure of a State System 16. Foreign Policy Part 5: Epilogue 17. Inter-State Relations as a Game. Appendices.
Biography
Trygve Mathisen (1913–1987) was a Norwegian historian and political scientist.
Original Review of British Foreign Policy:
‘…should be useful to American as well as British students…well informed [and] clear…’ Leon D. Epstein, American Political Science Review, 57 (3), 1963.
