Ways of War and Peace Realism, Liberalism, and Socialism

by Doyle, Michael W.

• ISBN13: 9780393969474
• ISBN10: 0393969479
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-06-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

In the wake of the Cold War, as the international community struggles to accommodate change, the author of this study directs our attention to the classic theorists, Thucydides, Rousseau, Locke and others. He explores their enduring theories, and recommends that they be applied to today's fundamental international dilemmas. Although no one school has all the answers, this analysis maintains that history has provided the theoretical tools to meet modern challenges, and that great political minds of the past can still guide modern politicians through the confusion of current events.

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(6)
Introduction: The Politics of Peace and War	15	(26)
PART ONE REALISM
Introduction. The Range of Realism	41	(8)
Complex Realism: Thucydides	49	(44)
Fundamentalism: Machiavelli	93	(18)
Structuralism: Hobbes	111	(26)
Constitutionalism: Rousseau	137	(24)
Balancing Power Classically	161	(52)
Conclusion. Realists: Explaining Differences	195	(10)
PART TWO LIBERALISM
Introduction. The Varieties of Liberalism	205	(8)
Rights and Interests...and Institutions: Locke and Bentham	213	(17)
Commercial Pacifism: Smith and Schumpeter	230	(21)
Internationalism: Kant	251	(71)
Conclusion. Liberals and Realists: Explaining Differences	301	(14)
PART THREE SOCIALISM
Introduction. A Great Betrayal? --- 1914, Marxism, and Leninism	315	(7)
Development and Class Solidarities: Marx and Engels	322	(18)
War and Revolution: Lenin	340	(49)
Conclusion. ``Beyond Betrayal'' --- Marxists, Leninists, and Nationalists	365	(18)
PART FOUR CONSCIENCE AND POWER
Introduction. Hard Choices and International law	383	(6)
International Intervention	389	(32)
International Distribution	421	(82)
PART FIVE FUTURES
Conclusion: Futures	455	(48)
Bibliography	503	(36)
Index	539