{"product_id":"masters-of-international-thought","title":"Masters of International Thought","description":"The complexities of modern politics and international relationships sometimes overwhelm us. Kenneth W. Thompson here offers clarity to replace obscurity, personal warmth and human values to replace abstractions. He states the aim of \u003ci\u003eMasters of International Thought\u003c\/i\u003e early: to introduce the ideas of eighteen \"\"men of large and capacious thought\"\" about twentieth-century international relations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe presents thinkers who assimilate practical ethics and religion (Butterfield, Niebuhr, Murray, Wight); who eschew utopia for the reality of power politics (Carr, Morgenthau, Spykman, Wolfers, Herz, Deutsch); who regard the Cold War as a mirror of the human condition (Lippman, Kennan, Halle, Aron); and who speculate about the possibilities of world order (Wright, Mitrany, de Visscher, and Toynbee).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Thompson was guided in his selections by the enduring value of these men's thought. Even those works that are fifty years old are still read by policy makers and scholars, Thompson points out. He also acknowledges his personal approach to these masters, for not only has he known their works, he has known many of the writers. He admits that they are \"\"intellectual giants, but they are human beings, not gods.\"\" In \u003ci\u003eMasters of International Thought,\u003c\/i\u003e he clearly fulfills his aim to share the wisdom and knowledge of these twentieth-century thinkers.","brand":"Louisiana State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55807322030424,"sku":"9780807105818","price":28.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780807105818.jpg?v=1778679021","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/masters-of-international-thought","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}