The current political conflicts in Somalia and Russia make the reappearance of this book as relevant as ever

Introduction [1994]; I: The Ancient Near East and India; 1: The Ancient Near East in International Relations; 2: The Place of Greece in International History; 3: The Empire of Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic System; II: The Imperial Systems of China and Rome; 4: The Place of the Chinese State in Asia; 5: The Place of Rome in International Relations; III: Christianity And Islam; 6: New Perspectives; 7: The Chief Elements in Mediterranean Power Politics; 8: The Medieval Western European Realm; 9: The Byzantine Realm; 10: The Muslim Realm; IV: International History and the World Society Today: a Reconsideration of Reality and Myth; 11: Patterns of International and Intercultural Relations at the Opening of the Modern Age; 12: The Mediterranean Elites and the Furtherance of Cultural Affinities; 13: The Political Ascendancy of Western Europe and the Establishment of the Modern States System