Realpolitik : a history / John Bew.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2016Description: vi, 395 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780199331932
- 327.101 BEW.R
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-375) and index.
"In this concise book, John Bew offers a history of the concept of Realpolitik in the English-speaking world: its origins as an idea; its practical application to statecraft in the recent past; and its relevance to the foreign policy challenges facing the United States and its allies in the future. Now most often associated with the conduct of foreign policy, Realpolitik has traditionally had pejorative connotations in the English-speaking world and sits uneasily alongside notions of "enlightenment," "morality" and "virtue." But it has also had its defenders, admirers and exponents, who regard it as the best tool for the successful wielding of political power and the preservation of global order. As such, Realpolitik has both successes and failures to its name, as Bew's comprehensive and even-handed overview displays"--
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