"A marvelous guided tour through centuries of International Relations theory. . . . Crisp and clear . .
. an
excellent book."
--Jack Snyder, Columbia University
"Doyle is a master synthesizer who uses the classics to think about enduing problems in a fresh way. .
. . Erudite, smart, balanced, and clear-headed."
--Peter J. Katzenstein, Cornell University
W. W. Norton & Co. Web Site
February, 2000
Summary
A major new book which will help all students of International Relations understand the puzzles of war and peace.
As the international community struggles to make sense of the post-cold war world, Professor Michael W. Doyle urges
us to look again at the classical theorists. Ways of War and Peace lays out three theoretical schools of thought--realism,
liberalism, and socialism--and reintroduces the reader to Thucydides, Rousseau, Locke, and others.
The enduring theories are explained and explored and then applied with insight to today's fundamental international
dilemmas. Although no one school has all the answers, Professor Doyle's insightful analysis maintains that we do
have the theoretical tools to meet today's challenges.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Politics of Peace and War
Part 1: Realism
Introduction: The Varieties of Realism
Chapter 2 Complex Realism: Thucydides and War
Chapter 3 Machiavelli's Fundamentalism
Chapter 4 Hobbes's Structuralism
Chapter 5 Rousseau's Constitutionalism
Chapter 6 Balancing Power Classically: Theory and Eighteenth Century Experience
Conclusion: Explaining Differences among Realists
Part 2: Liberalism
Introduction: The Varieties of Liberalism
Chapter 7 Rights, Interests, and Institutions: Locke and Bentham
Chapter 8 Commerical Pacifism: Smith and Schumpter
Chapter 9 Kant and Liberal Internationalism
Conclusion: Liberals and Realists: Explaining the Differences
Part 3: Socialism
Introduction: Socialists and Communists
Chapter 10 Marxism, Development, and Class Solidarities
Chapter 11 Lenin and Revolution
Conclusion: The 'Great Betrayal': 1914, Socialists, Communists, and Nationalists
Part 4: Conscience and Power
Introduction: Realism, Liberalism, Socialism: Policy Implications
Chapter 12 Intervention
Chapter 13 International Economic Distribution
