Ideology and International Relations in the Modern World

ISBN-13: 9780415119276 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 320 str.

Alan Cassels

Opis

This text argues that international relations in the 20th century have been characterized by a dichotomy between traditional, egotistical Realpolitik and ideological foreign policy. From Machiavelli to Hitler and beyond, the author explores and explains the political landscape of the modern world in terms of this fundamental division. Covering topics such as the two World Wars, communism, fascist Italy and the Cold War, this text examines the principal political themes of recent times.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 Raison d’état meets the Enlightenment; Chapter 2 The birth of ideology; Chapter 3 Conservatives, liberals and nationalist ideology; Chapter 4 Ideology and Realpolitik; Chapter 5 Ideology and mass democracy; Chapter 6 Ideology and the Great War; Chapter 7 Enter total ideologies; Chapter 8 A second global conflict; Chapter 9 Ideology and global politics; Chapter 10 Conclusion;

O autorze

Alan Cassels is Emeritus Professor of History at McMaster University, Canada. He is also the author of Fascist Italy (1985) and Italian Foreign Policy, 1918–45 (1991).