Offering all the strengths that made the comprehensive text a best-seller, this essentials version is sure to be a favorite among both instructors and students of international relations.

Longman is proud to present the brief edition of Joshua Goldstein's field-defining International Relations. Students will appreciate the author's ability to make the rich complexity of international politics accessible and exciting, using clear writing, an abundance of lively, relevant examples, and a highly praised map and photo program. Professors will appreciate the text's accessible coverage of classic and alternative theoretical approaches; its clearly presented and up-to-date data; its inclusion of a fourth level of analysis—the global level; and the strongest coverage of international political economy available in an essentials text. Finally, International Relations Brief sets the standard for texts in this market with its unique, integrated “text and technology” learning system. The text's Companion Website and the Microsoft® Encarta® Interactive World Atlas CD-ROM are integrated with the text through Web and Atlas icons in the text's margins, offering today's students a way of learning international relations that is sure to engage them.