LEADER 03850nam 2200709 450 001 9910795026403321 005 20230626010255.0 010 $a1-5036-2997-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9781503629974 035 $a(CKB)4900000000569589 035 $a(DE-B1597)613621 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781503629974 035 $aEBL7012566 035 $a(AU-PeEL)EBL7012566 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7012566 035 $a(OCoLC)1290682808 035 $a(EXLCZ)994900000000569589 100 $a20230626d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Atlantic realists $eempire and international political thought between Germany and the United States /$fMatthew Specter 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aStanford, California :$cStanford University Press,$d[2022] 210 4$d©2022 215 $a1 online resource (336 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-5036-2996-1 311 $a1-5036-0312-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aPolitical realism$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aBalance of power$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aImperialism$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aInternational relations$xPhilosophy 607 $aGermany$xForeign relations$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y20th century 610 $aAmerican exceptionalism. 610 $aNorth Atlantic. 610 $aRealpolitik. 610 $aUS foreign policy. 610 $agreat powers. 610 $ainternational relations. 610 $apower politics. 610 $arestraint. 610 $aworld politics. 615 0$aPolitical realism$xHistory 615 0$aBalance of power$xHistory 615 0$aImperialism$xHistory 615 0$aInternational relations$xPhilosophy. 676 $a327.101 700 $aSpecter$b Matthew G$g(Matthew Goodrich),$f1968-$01068341 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795026403321 996 $aThe Atlantic realists$93689226 997 $aUNINA