Schools of Thought in International Relations

Author: Thompson
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: Through this book, the author outlines various influential views in American academia, particularly the interrelationships among idealism, realism, and skepticism. The author also focuses on articulating the important and unresolved issues within these major schools of thought, discussing many historically famous foreign policy debates. The work is both in-depth and accessible, concise yet not commonplace, greatly benefiting the understanding of the academic history of international relations. The book describes three early international relations schools in the United States—Chicago School, Yale-Princeton School, and Harvard School—in an easy-to-understand manner, with a focus on reviewing the research methods and theories of these three academic schools, as well as evaluating the contributions of their representative figures, including Hans Morgenthau, Quincy Wright, Arnold Wolfers, Reinhold Niebuhr, George Kennan, and Paul Nitze. The author outlines various influential views in American academia, particularly the interrelationships among idealism, realism, and skepticism. The author also focuses on articulating the important and unresolved issues within these major schools of thought, discussing many historically famous foreign policy debates. The work is both in-depth and accessible, concise yet not commonplace, greatly benefiting the understanding of the academic history of international relations.