The International Relations Dictionary

4th ed. — Oxford: ABC-Clio, 1988. — 473 p.The International Relations Dictionary emerged in 1969 as a guide to the rich technical language of international relations. New editions
of the work were published in 1979 and in 1982. Like the earlier ones, the fourth edition contains those concepts, theories, facts, and phenomena that the authors believe are essential to a basic understanding of the international political system.