Current debates about the nature of international politics have centered on the clash between supporters and critics of realism. The Perils of Anarchy brings together a number of recent essays written in the realist tradition. It includes realist interpretations of the collapse of the Cold War order and of the emerging order that has replaced it, the sources of alignment and aggression, and the causes of peace. A final section provides a counterpoint by raising criticisms of and alternatives to the realist approach.Contributors: Charles L. Glaser. Christopher Layne. Peter Liberman. Lisa L. Martin. John J. Mearsheimer. Paul Schroeder. Randall Schweller. Stephen M. Walt. Kenneth N. Waltz. William C. Wohlforth. Fareed Zakaria.An International Security Reader
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"A superb collection of recent articles from the journal InternationalSecurity... The introductory essay, which summarizes the developmentof realist theory, and the high quality of each contribution make this volume appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students alike." Choice
"The end of the Cold War was accompanied by a rush to proclaim thefailure of realism as a theory of international politics. Thenews about the death of realism is premature, as this volumeconvincingly shows....Realism is alive and well. This excellentvolume will help get the word out." Foreign Affairs
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Michael E. Brown is Dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. Sean M. Lynn-Jones is a Belfer Center researcher at Harvard University and Editor of International Security, the International Security Program's quarterly journal. Steven E. Miller is Editor-in-chief of International Security and Director of the International Security Program of BCSIA.
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This International Security reader is a great collection of the recent work in the realist tradition in International Relations. Here you can read the "classic" authors (like Waltz and Walt) and the "new generation" (Schweller - excellent - and Zakaria). The introduction, written by the editors of the volume, is wonderful: it really "maps" realism and its authors. There is also two essays by John Mearsheimer, the "hardcore" realist and his gloomy "Back to the Future" article. Great book and certainly worth the money. This is the best book in the "International Security" readers series.
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Modern realism began as a reaction to the breakdown of the post-World War I international order in the 1930s. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
great power emergence, contingent realism, bandwagoning hypothesis, great power capabilities, democratic peace theory, states bandwagon, democratic great powers, unilateral defense, democratic peace theorists, total industrial potential, bandwagoning behavior, sameness effect, defensive realists, greedy state, defensive realism, emerging nuclear powers, tactical linkages, hegemonic rivalry, alliance choices, new great powers, structural realism, balancing behavior, balancing coalition, significant external threat, strategic independence Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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United States, New York, Soviet Union, Princeton University Press, Cornell University Press, Cambridge University Press, Third World, Oxford University Press, Robert Jervis, Stephen Van Evera, Jack Snyder, American Political Science Review, Great Britain, After Hegemony, West Germany, New Haven, Yale University Press, Irish Times, Paul Kennedy, University of California Press, Kenneth Waltz, The Origins of Alliances, Wilhelmine Germany, Basic Books, Financial Times New!
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