This book examines the fascinating story of how the chief architects of realism (Hans Morgenthau, Kenneth Waltz and John Mearsheimer) dealt with some of the mos

1. The realist tradition

Realism and International Relations provides students with a critical yet sympathetic survey of political realism in international theory. Using six paradigmati

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Beer and Hariman provide a coherent set of essays that trace and challenge the tradition of realism which has dominated the thinking of academics and practition