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Title: Man, the State, and War by Kenneth N. Waltz ISBN: 0-231-12537-2 Publisher: Columbia University Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.88 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An International Relations giant trying his hand at theory
Comment: This is a strange little book. Written early in the academic career of Ken Waltz, this is essentially a political theory text written by an international relations giant. Alas, it sometimes reads like it. The prose is fine, but conceptually, its arguments are fairly simple and straightforward. In that sense it is ideal for the novice or an intro level class. For those with a more thorough background in the subject, three things are of particular interest. First, the clash (re the "First Image") between Waltz the neo-realist and his chosen foil--Hans Morgenthau. How viciously the young turn on their own! Second, Waltz's idiosyncratic reading of Rousseau as an exemplar of early realism. Third, the path from this text to his masterpiece, "The Theory of International Politics". Given Waltz's skewering of theorizing from the first image (man's problematic nature) and second image (regime type and behavior), the path is made clear to his systems-level approach. On the whole this book is an enjoyable read, but hardly an intellectual tour-de-force.
Rating: 2
Summary: Not as spectacular as made to sound
Comment: This book is a good caustic review of the methodology of world affairs. The book is a very simple and repetitive read. Though the ideas are absolutely brilliant analyses and very effective, all the major ideas of the book could have been shortened to within a page and still been just as effective. This is one of those books that talks about three central points (given away by the title) and states a thousand examples for each point. Just ask a friend what this one's about...dont bother reading it unless you have a professor that will test you on how many hairs napoleon had on his toes. Enjoy!
Rating: 4
Summary: A seminal work in international relations
Comment: Many criticisms to Waltz's work are unfounded, in that the book is not intended to be an end all for explaining wars in international relations. It does however, provide the reader with a theoretical framework of international relations. The three images of analysis provide for a generalization of the system in which war is promulgated. This book and a bevy of later works argue what level of analysis is best at explicating the cause of war. Don't read this book as a means to finding a simplistic answer to the cause of war, rather read it with the hope of gaining a better understanding of the causes of war.
For those interested in international relations, Keohane and Nye's works are very worthwhile.
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Title: Politics Among Nations, Brief Edition by Hans J Morgenthau, Kenneth W Thompson ISBN: 0070433062 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages Pub. Date: 01 July, 1992 List Price(USD): $36.71 |
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Title: Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939 by Edward H. Carr ISBN: 0061311227 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 25 April, 1964 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Theory of International Politics by Kenneth N Waltz ISBN: 0075548526 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages Pub. Date: 01 January, 1979 List Price(USD): $81.65 |
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Title: After Hegemony by Robert O. Keohane ISBN: 0691022283 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1984 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics by John J. Mearsheimer ISBN: 039332396X Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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