The Atlantic Realists by Matthew Specter - 9781503603127

The Atlantic RealistsEmpireand International Political Thought Between Germany and the United States\nAuthor(s): Matthew Specter\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9781503603127, 978-1503603127\nSynopsis\nIn 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 sicle imperial competition, tw.