History and International Relations

From the Ancient World to the 21st Century

History and International Relations

From the Ancient World to the 21st Century

Howard LeRoy Malchow (Author)

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History and International Relations examines, from a historian's perspective, the evolution of international relations as a discipline and charts its engagement with the history of war, peace, and foreign relations from the ancient world to the present day. In three parts, it looks at the field's development, its contribution to historical narrative, and its contemporary practice:

Part I: 'The History of a Discipline' locates the development of IR scholarship in its own historical contexts, examining the origin of dominant IR theories, their use of historical evidence, and their relation to other social science disciplines.

Part II: 'IR and International History' explores key moments in the history of war and peace, from the Peloponnesian War to the Cold War and beyond, and the role they played in constructing the discipline.

Part III: 'Contemporary IR and the Uses of History' reflects on the current ferment in IR over its Eurocentric theory and practice, its key concepts of state and sovereignty, the impact of non-state actors and human rights, and 'the return of history.'

Introduction: History and the Discipline(s) of International Relations
I. The History of a Discipline: Origins, Theory, and Tools
1. From the First World War to the Early Cold War
2. After Morgenthau: Scientific Realism and Its Critics
3. IR, the Other Social Sciences, and the State
II. IR and International History
4. The Ancient World: Thucydides and the Search for Origins
5. Toward the Machiavellian Moment: IR's Middle Ages
6. The Sovereign State and the “Westphalian System” in Early- Modern Europe
7. Nation, State, and Empire in the Long Nineteenth Century
8. The Failure of the New (and Old) Diplomacy and the End of European Hegemony
9. Cold War and Post-Cold War
III. Contemporary IR and the Uses of History
10. Civilizations, the Myth of Sovereignty, and the Democratic Peace: The End of IR (As We Know It)?
Afterword: Description, Prediction, Policy: Does History Matter?

Product details

Published	18 Feb 2019
Format	Paperback
Edition	1st
Extent	344
ISBN	9789388002547
Imprint	Bloomsbury Academic India
Dimensions	234 x 156 mm
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd

Author

Howard LeRoy Malchow

Howard LeRoy Malchow is Walter S. Dickson Professo…

A comprehensive review of the literature on international relations, covering the field from ancient to modern times. Placing that literature in context makes this a valuable asset in analyzing contemporary events. Clear, accessible, and mercifully jargon free.

Erik Goldstein, Professor of International Relations and History, Boston University, USA
If this excellent work does not rapidly become required reading for all final year and graduate students of International Relations (IR) I will be very surprised. Indeed few, if any, IR professors would fail to benefit from it. Written by a distinguished American historian of Britain, it seeks to interrogate the relationship between history and IR and in the process provides an account of the evolution of the IR discipline that is one of the fullest, most thoughtful and wide ranging I have read. In clear, informative prose that engages the reader throughout it offers what is essentially an ongoing dialogue between history and IR, not the least of whose merits is to provide an authoritative account of the key developments that have shaped the structure and dynamics of world politics since ancient times.

David Armstrong, Emeritus Professor, University of Exeter, UK