No Virtue Like Necessity: Realist Thought in International Relations Since Machiavelli

by Jonathan Haslam

Book Overview

This wide-ranging book is the first comprehensive history of the development of realist ideas in international relations throughout the last five hundred years. Jonathan Haslam focuses on the emergence and relevance of realist (or statist) thought, showing how it has shaped political thinking and international events since Machiavelli's time. Haslam draws on an array of original texts in various European languages to illustrate the views of rulers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300205007
• ISBN13: 9780300205008
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"