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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.
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 siecle 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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