Hans Morgenthau's classic text established realism as the fundamental way of thinking about international relations. Although it has had its critics, the fact that it continues to be the most long liv
Hans J. Morgenthau is primarily considered a theorist of power politics, often associated with the "six principles of realism" and "the national interest." This book sheds a new light on the theorist
Morgenthal (b. 1904) was trained as a lawyer, but preferred philosophy, and chose to teach and write about international affairs. From 1970 to 1973, he delivered what seems to have been a series of gr