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The Atlantic Realists: Empire and International Political Thought Between Germany and the United States

The Atlantic Realists: Empire and International Political Thought Between Germany and the United States

Specter, Matthew

Hardcover

General Political ScienceGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1503603121
ISBN13: 9781503603127
Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr
Published: Feb 8 2022
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.45
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

In The Atlantic Realists, intellectual historian Matthew Specter offers a boldly revisionist interpretation of realism, a prevalent stance in post-WWII US foreign policy and public discourse and the dominant international relations theory during the Cold War. Challenging the common view of realism as a set of universally binding truths about international affairs, Specter argues that its major features emerged from a century-long dialogue between American and German intellectuals beginning in the late nineteenth century. Specter uncovers an Atlantic realist tradition of reflection on the prerogatives of empire and the nature of power politics conditioned by fin de siècle imperial competition, two world wars, the Holocaust, and the Cold War. Focusing on key figures in the evolution of realist thought, including Carl Schmitt, Hans Morgenthau, and Wilhelm Grewe, this book traces the development of the realist worldview over a century, dismantling myths about the national interest, Realpolitik, and the art of statesmanship.

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