Small States in the International System

Neal G. Jesse is professor of political science at Bowling Green State University.John R. Dreyer is associate professor of political science at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.

• Chapter One: Small States as Distinct Units of Analysis and as Different than Large and Middle PowersChapter Two: Realism and Small States in the International SystemChapter Three: Non-Structural Factors of Foreign Policy: Domestic Factors and Social ConstructivismChapter Four: Switzerland, 1815-Present: Small State in the Middle of a Multipolar Regional Power StructureChapter Five: Ireland, 1920-present: A Singular Stance for Nearly a CenturyChapter Six: Small European Buffer States in Two World WarsChapter Seven: Finland, 1939-1945: A Small State Resists AggressionChapter Eight: The Third Indo-China War, 1979Chapter Nine: The Ogaden War 1977-1978, Ethiopia vs. SomaliaChapter Ten: The Chaco War, 1932-1935: Paraguay vs. BoliviaChapter Eleven: Generalizations about Small State Behavior

The most interesting part of the book is its discussion of the various cases.... The book...makes...useful contributions to the scholarship, highlighting flaws in many of the established theoretical claims in the field and offering insight on the multiple foreign policy strategies small states may have at hand.