History & international relations

Thomas W. Smith9780415178655, 0415178657, 0203201248, 9780203201244

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.

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Table of contents :
Book Cover……Page 1
Title……Page 4
Contents……Page 5
Acknowledgments……Page 10
Introduction……Page 12
The historical problem in international relations……Page 18
History, contingency, and the roots of realism:……Page 44
History, analogy, and policy realism:……Page 72
The poverty of ahistoricism:……Page 103
~The importance of being scientific~:……Page 130
Exit from history? Postmodern international relations……Page 159
Conclusion: history, skepticism, and the recovery of theory……Page 190
Notes……Page 202
References……Page 207
Index……Page 229