The Expansion of International Society

Reissued with a new foreword, this classic volume is a systematic investigation of the origins and nature of the international society of today. It examines the expansion of the international society of European states across the globe from a society dominated by Europeans, and its subsequent transformation into a global international society.

Hedley Bull was Montague Burton Professor of International Relations at Oxford University.
Adam Watson was Visiting Professor at the Center for Advanced Studies, University of Virginia, and formerly of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Part 1: European International Society and the Outside World
1: Adam Watson: European International Society and its Expansion
2: Michael Howard: The Military Factor in European Expansion
3: Patrick O'Brien: Europe in the World Economy
4: Adam Watson: Russia and the European States System
5: Michael Donelan: Spain and the Indies
6: David Gillard: British and Russian Relations with Asian Governments in the Nineteenth Century
7: Hedley Bull: European States and African Political Communities
Part II: The Entry of Non-European States into International Society
8: Hedley Bull: The Emergence of a Universal International Society
9: Adam Watson: New States in America
10: Thomas Naff: The Ottoman Empire and the European States System
11: Gerrit W. Gong: China's Entry into International Society
12: Hidemi Suganami: Japan's Entry into International Society
13: Wm. Roger Louis: The Era of the Mandates System and the Non-European World
Part III: The Challenge to Western Dominance
14: Hedley Bull: The Revolt Against the West
15: Peter Lyon: The Emergence of the Third World
16: R.J. Vincent: Racial Equality
17: Coral Bell: China and the International Order
18: Gopal Krishna: India and the International Order: Retreat from Idealism
19: Ali Mazrui: Africa Entrapped: Between the Protestant Ethic and the Legacy of Westphalia
20: James Piscatori: Islam in the International Order
21: Richard Löwenthal: The Soviet Union and the Third World: From Anti-Imperialism to Counter-Imperialism
22: Christopher M. Andrew: France: Adjustment to Change
Part IV: The New International Society
23: Elie Kedourie: A New International Disorder
24: Ian Brownlie: The Expansion of International Society: The Consequences for the Law of Nations
25: Michael Palliser: Diplomacy Today
26: Adda Bozeman: The International Order in a Multicultural World
27: Ronald Dore: Unity and Diversity in Contemporary World Culture