Reinhold Niebuhr And International Relations Th... -

Niebuhr’s "International Relations theory" (though he never wrote a single textbook on it) rests on a few haunting truths about human nature:

Borrowing from St. Augustine, he argued that nations are driven by a libido dominandi (desire to dominate) that hides behind high-sounding ideals. Reinhold Niebuhr and International Relations Th...

By the Cold War, Niebuhr had become a "prophet" for the American establishment. Political giants like (the architect of containment) and Hans Morgenthau (the father of modern Realism) cited him as their primary inspiration. Kennan famously called him "the father of all of us". Go to product viewer dialog for this item. Political giants like (the architect of containment) and

Niebuhr began his career as a pacifist, horrified by the carnage of World War I. But as he watched the rise of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan in the 1930s, he realized that "doing nothing" was its own kind of moral failure. Niebuhr began his career as a pacifist, horrified