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The first biography of Hans Morgenthau, refugee from Nazi Germany and pioneer of the ‘realist’ approach to international relations, now resurgent in global politics.
‘International politics, like all politics, is a struggle for power.’ Hans Morgenthau wrote these words in 1948, as Soviet–American wartime cooperation deteriorated into tense post-war rivalry. His Politics Among Nations quickly became the defining international relations textbook. Henry Kissinger said, ‘All of us who taught the subject after him, however much we differed from one another, had to start with his reflections.’
Morgenthau’s realism stemmed from his traumatic experiences in interwar Germany. Amid rampant anti-Semitism, his classmates ostracised and spat at him. He saw Hitler break the law with impunity when he marched on Morgenthau’s hometown, Coburg. Morgenthau concluded that abstract ideals offered no protection: power only yielded to countervailing power. Fleeing to the US in 1937, his influential thought drove Cold War foreign-policy debates. As his peers backed the Vietnam War, Morgenthau dismantled the case for intervention on realist grounds.
Meticulously researched and masterfully written, The Realist shows the enduring relevance of Morgenthau’s ideas in our age of international disorder and great power competition.
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David M. Sacks is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. An expert on China and Taiwan, he has written for outlets including Foreign Affairs and Time. His research and commentary have also been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist and on the BBC. He lives in New York with his wife and two daughters.
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The first biography of Hans Morgenthau, refugee from Nazi Germany and pioneer of the realist approach to international relations, now resurgent in global politics.'An insightful account of Morgenthaus hard-nosed worldview. Publishers Weekly'Essential for students and practitioners of geopolitics. Kirkus (starred review)International politics, like all politics, is a struggle for power. Hans Morgenthau wrote these words in 1948, as SovietAmerican wartime cooperation deteriorated into tense post-war rivalry. His Politics Among Nations quickly became the defining international relations textbook. Henry Kissinger said, All of us who taught the subject after him, however much we differed from one another, had to start with his reflections.Morgenthaus realism stemmed from his traumatic experiences in interwar Germany. Amid rampant anti-Semitism, his classmates ostracised and spat at him. He saw Hitler break the law with impunity when he marched on Morgenthaus hometown, Coburg. Morgenthau concluded that abstract ideals offered no protection: power only yielded to countervailing power. Fleeing to the US in 1937, his influential thought drove Cold War foreign-policy debates. As his peers backed the Vietnam War, Morgenthau dismantled the case for intervention on realist grounds.Meticulously researched and masterfully written, The Realist shows the enduring relevance of Morgenthaus ideas in our age of international disorder and great power competition.Reveals the origins of Morgenthaus realism, rooted in the traumas he experienced in interwar Germany. The concept of realism has come under close scrutiny in the era of Trump as pundits debate if his foreign policy is a case study of realism A Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, David M. Sacks has written for several news outlets including The Economist, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. The first biography of Hans Morgenthau, refugee from Nazi Germany and pioneer of the realist approach to international relations, now resurgent in global politics. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781805266723
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