title: Explaining and Understanding International Relations (Clarendon Paperbacks)
author:  Martin Hollis 
description: <br>"Thoughtful and stimulating....A splendid contribution to the study of international relations."--<em>Perspectives on Political Science</em>
zlib_text: International Relations: A Very Short Introduction
  
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  VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS are for anyone wanting a stimulating and accessible
  way in to a new subject. They are written by experts, and have been published
  in more than 25 languages worldwide.
  
  The series began in 1995, and now represents a wide variety of topics in
  history, philosophy, religion, science, and the humanities. Over the next few
  years it will grow to a library of around 200 volumes – a Very Short
  Introduction to everything from ancient Egypt and Indian philosophy to
  conceptual art and cosmology.
  
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  > Very Short Introduction available now:
  
  > AFRICAN HISTORY **John Parker and Richard Rathbone**
  
  > ANARCHISM **Colin Ward**
  
  > ANCIENT EGYPT **Ian Shaw**
  
  > ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY **Julia Annas**
  
  > ANCIENT WARFARE **Harry Sidebottom**
  
  > ANGLICANISM **Mark Chapman**
  
  > THE ANGLO-SAXON AGE **John Blair**
  
  > ANIMAL RIGHTS **David DeGrazia**
  
  > ARCHAEOLOGY **Paul Bahn**
  
  > ARCHITECTURE **Andrew Ballantyne**
  
  > ARISTOTLE 