Political Realism and the Crisis of World Politics / / Kenneth W. Thompson.

In this arresting volume Kenneth Thompson has combined academic research with acute observation in approximately equal proportions. Research has been focused on the theories and practices of those who, whether in thought or action, have played an influential part in the development of American forei...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1960
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 2310
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Physical Description:1 online resource (274 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Part One. American Foreign Policy: Theorists and Practitioners
  • 1. Main Currents of an American Approach to International Politics: Philosophers, Columnists, and Policy Planners
  • 2. Liberalism and Conservatism in American Statecraft
  • 3. Statesmen as Philosophers: Written and Living Theories
  • Part Two. The Central Problems Of Foreign Policy
  • 4. The Limits of Principle in International Politics: Necessity and the New Balance of Power
  • 5. The Problem of Isolationism and Collective Security
  • 6. The American Dilemma
  • Part Three. Peace and Political Realism
  • Epilogue
  • Selected Readings
  • Index