1st Edition

History and International Relations

By Thomas W. Smith Copyright 1999
    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    238 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book is a major contribution to the debate about philosophy and method in history and international relations. The author analyses IR scholarship from classical realism to quantitative and postmodern work.

    Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Historical Problem in International Relations; Chapter 3 History, Contingency, and the Roots of Realism; Chapter 4 History, Analogy, and Policy Realism; Chapter 5 The Poverty of Ahistoricism; Chapter 6 “The Importance of Being Scientific”; Chapter 7 Exit From History?; Chapter 8 Conclusion;

    Biography

    Thomas W. Smith is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Koç University, Istanbul.