LEADER 04108nam 22006374a 450 001 9910826358603321 005 20210616215716.0 010 $a0-231-50894-8 024 7 $a10.7312/crai12348 035 $a(CKB)1000000000445301 035 $a(EBL)909145 035 $a(OCoLC)213304770 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000163135 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11179616 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000163135 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10106936 035 $a(PQKB)10185993 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC909145 035 $a(DE-B1597)458770 035 $a(OCoLC)979682933 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231508940 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL909145 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10183363 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL814401 035 $a(PPN)189622415 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000445301 100 $a20030527d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGlimmer of a new Leviathan$b[electronic resource] $etotal war in the realism of Niebuhr, Morgenthau, and Waltz /$fCampbell Craig 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (157 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-231-12349-3 311 0 $a0-231-12348-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [175]-186) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. The Historical Setting of Modern American Realism and the Thermonuclear Revolution --$t2. Reinhold Niebuhr and the Emergence of American Realism --$t3. Hans Morgenthau's Cold War --$t4. Niebuhr and the Thermonuclear Dilemma --$t5. Morgenthau and the Thermonuclear Dilemma --$t6. The Waltzian Turn --$t7. Retreat from Parsimony --$tConclusion --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThe Second World War put an end to America's historical isolation from international power politics, and so also to the long-standing American defiance of the Realist ideology that shaped Old World affairs. The advent of transoceanic military technologies, now wielded by menacing states such as Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, made Americans more receptive to the Realist idea that international relations is about fear and survival. The American Realists Reinhold Niebuhr, Hans Morgenthau, and Kenneth Waltz developed a modern strategic framework that sought to introduce American leaders and the educated public to these harsher realities of international politics. They emphasized a clear-eyed, cold approach to the play of interests, egotism, and the drive for power in world affairs-a struggle in which the threat of major war remained, in the end, the only legitimate currency. Yet even as Americans began to accept this new Realism, thermonuclear weaponry threatened to make it absurd. A major war to defend the nation might result in its total destruction; a thermonuclear war leading to the death of hundreds of millions of citizens seemed an unusual way to preserve American survival. This dilemma became central to the Realist understanding of Niebuhr, Morgenthau, and Waltz. How could a Realist approach to international politics and war be sustained in the face of possible global annihilation? Glimmer of a New Leviathan is the engrossing story of how the three chief architects of an influential ideology struggled with the implications of their own creation. It offers crucial historical context for contemporary debates about weapons of mass destruction and the post-Cold War international order. 606 $aNuclear warfare$xMoral and ethical aspects 606 $aRealism$xPolitical aspects 606 $aWorld politics$y20th century 615 0$aNuclear warfare$xMoral and ethical aspects. 615 0$aRealism$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aWorld politics 676 $a355/.001 700 $aCraig$b Campbell$f1964-$0473415 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826358603321 996 $aGlimmer of a new Leviathan$94099682 997 $aUNINA