03850nam 2200709 450 991079502640332120230626010255.01-5036-2997-X10.1515/9781503629974(CKB)4900000000569589(DE-B1597)613621(DE-B1597)9781503629974EBL7012566(AU-PeEL)EBL7012566(MiAaPQ)EBC7012566(OCoLC)1290682808(EXLCZ)99490000000056958920230626d2022 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Atlantic realists empire and international political thought between Germany and the United States /Matthew SpecterFirst edition.Stanford, California :Stanford University Press,[2022]©20221 online resource (336 pages)Description based upon print version of record.1-5036-2996-1 1-5036-0312-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : the Bildungsroman of empire -- Seeing like a world power : the German-American synthesis -- Realism before "realism" : geopolitics in the interwar Atlantic -- Carl Schmitt's practice of imperial comparison in the 1930s and 40s -- The making of a realist : Wilhelm Grewe in the Third Reich -- Geopolitics : death and rebirth of an Atlantic tradition during World War II -- An American power politics : Hans Morgenthau and the making of a realist orthodoxy, 1940-1960 -- Realism's crisis and restoration : West Germany, 1954-85.In The Atlantic Realists, intellectual historian Matthew Specter offers a boldly revisionist interpretation of "realism," a prevalent stance in post-WWII US foreign policy and public discourse and the dominant international relations theory during the Cold War. Challenging the common view of realism as a set of universally binding truths about international affairs, Specter argues that its major features emerged from a century-long dialogue between American and German intellectuals beginning in the late nineteenth century. Specter uncovers an "Atlantic realist" tradition of reflection on the prerogatives of empire and the nature of power politics conditioned by fin de siècle imperial competition, two world wars, the Holocaust, and the Cold War. Focusing on key figures in the evolution of realist thought, including Carl Schmitt, Hans Morgenthau, and Wilhelm Grewe, this book traces the development of the realist worldview over a century, dismantling myths about the national interest, Realpolitik, and the "art" of statesmanship.Political realismHistory20th centuryBalance of powerHistory20th centuryImperialismHistory20th centuryInternational relationsPhilosophyGermanyForeign relations20th centuryUnited StatesForeign relations20th centuryAmerican exceptionalism.North Atlantic.Realpolitik.US foreign policy.great powers.international relations.power politics.restraint.world politics.Political realismHistoryBalance of powerHistoryImperialismHistoryInternational relationsPhilosophy.327.101Specter Matthew G(Matthew Goodrich),1968-1068341MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910795026403321The Atlantic realists3689226UNINA