Download or read book Understanding Global Conflict and Cooperation: An Introduction to Theory and History written by Joseph S. Nye Jr. and published by Pearson Higher Ed. This book was released on 2013-08-28 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by celebrated scholar Joseph Nye and new co-author David Welch, Understanding Global Conflict and Cooperation is a concise and penetrating introduction to world politics in an era of complex interdependence. This text employs lessons from theory and history to examine conflict and cooperating among global actors and thus to provide readers with a durable analytical framework. From twentieth and twenty-first century wars to global finance and global governance, Understanding Global Conflict and Cooperation, formerly known as Understanding International Conflicts, expands substantially on a classic work and continues to deliver a thought-provoking survey of international relations today.