History and international relations [electronic resource] / Thomas W. Smith.
Series: Routledge advances in international relations and politics ; 9.Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.Description: ix, 227 pISBN:- 9780203201244
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-217) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. The historical problem in international relations -- 3. History, contingency, and the roots of realism : Reinhold Niebuhr and E.H. Carr -- 4. History, analogy, and policy realism : Hans J. Morgenthau and George F. Kennan -- 5. The poverty of ahistoricism : Kenneth N. Waltz and neorealist theory -- 6. "The importance of being scientific" : J. David Singer and the correlates of war -- 7. Exit from history? : postmodern international relations -- 8. Conclusion : history, skepticism, and the recovery of theory.
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Electronic reproduction. [London, Eng. : Taylor and Francis, 2012]. PDF file created from digital scan of print book.