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U.S. Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century: The Relevance of Realism (Political Traditions in Foreign Policy Series)
Robert John Myers
Hardcover. Louisiana State University Press 1999-04.
ISBN 9780807123454
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Förlagets beskrivning
In this work, the author gives coherent statement to a complex history of
political theory involving idealism and its theoretical counterpart, realism.
He restates the possible outcomes of the tension between the idealist and
realist expectations "so that there may be a broader consensus on what one can
both expect and accept about how the political world works in both normal times
and times of crisis". Adherents of realism like Myers claim that a political philosophy based on
the key considerations of interest, power, and moral purpose will create order
from the seemingly chaotic nature of international relations. This approach,
known as political realism, calls for the intervention of a
statesman-philosopher with a profound understanding of international political
operations. Early chapters - on the legacy of the Peloponnesian War, on China's
international relations system, and on historicism and progress - lay the
historical groundwork for understanding the premises of political realism.
Chapters on the "just war", isolationism as a misapplication of international
organization, environmental issues, and human rights follow, with a concluding
chapter on what Myers calls the promise of realism for the United States in the
next millennium. As Myers demonstrates, only through the study of ideas of ancient and
modern political philosophers can one see the enduring outlines of good
statecraft, based on the principles of political realism. The wise leaders of
the future will follow the soundest principles of the past, taking the United
States and the world confidently into the 21st century. This work connects realist political theory to late-1990s foreign policy
issues. Adherents of realism like the author claim that a political philosophy
based on the key considerations of interest, power, and moral purpose will
create order from the chaotic nature of international relations.
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