International Thinkers: Major Theorists of the 20th Century and World Crises

Author: [USA] Thompson
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: The author has extensive experience in teaching and writing, and has personal connections with many of these great thinkers, making this work highly readable and credible. It serves as both an introductory book for beginners in the field of international relations and a vivid and indispensable read for scholars and students of international relations. The work provides concise and comprehensive reviews of the life trajectories and academic thoughts of eighteen prominent international relations theorists of the 20th century, divided into four aspects: normative thought, power and political concepts in Europe and America, Cold War conflict analysis, and theories of world order. These ten theorists are: Herbert Butterfield, Karl Deutsch, Reinhold Niebuhr, Walter Lippmann, John Cortney Murray, George Kennan, Martin Wight, Louis Harry, Edward Carr, Raymond Aron, Hans Morgenthau, Quincy Wright, Nicholas Spykman, David Mitrany, Arnold Wolfers, Charles De Vise, John Herz, and Arnold Toynbee.