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A New Preface from MichaelCox, 2016; Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; E.H. Carr: the unmaking of a liberal; Constructing a classic: The Twenty Years' Crisis ; Liberal critics: Carr's response ; Mr Carr goes to Washington ; Carr, Merrie England and the 'English School'; Carr goes critical ; Conclusion; A Brief Guide to the Writings of E.H. Carr; A Guide to the Secondary Literature on E.H. Carr ; From the First to the Second Editions of The Twenty years' Crisis; A Case of Self-censorship ; Glossary of Names; Chronology ; Preface to the 1981 Printing; Preface to Second Edition.
Preface to First EditionPart One The Science of International Politics ; CHAPTER ONE The Beginnings of a Science ; Purposes and analysis in political science ; The role of utopianism; The impact of realism; Notes; CHAPTER TWO Utopia and Reality ; Free will and determination; Theory and practice ; The intellectual and the bureaucrat ; Left and right; Ethics and politics ; Notes ; Part Two The International Crisis ; CHAPTER THREE The Utopian Background; The foundations of utopianism ; Benthamism transplanted ; Rationalism and the League of Nations; The apotheosis of public opinion.
The problem of diagnosis Notes ; CHAPTER FOUR The Harmony of Interests; The Utopian synthesis ; The paradise of laissez-faire ; Darwinism in politics ; The international harmony ; The common interest in peace ; International economic harmony ; The harmony broken; Notes ; CHAPTER FIVE The Realist Critique ; The foundations of realism; The relativity of thought; The adjustment of thought to purpose; National interest and the universal good; The realist critique of the harmony of interests ; The realist critique of internationalism; Notes ; CHAPTER SIX The Limitations of Realism; Notes.
Part Three Politics, Power and MoralityCHAPTER SEVEN The Nature of Politics ; Notes ; CHAPTER EIGHT Power in International Politics ; (a) Military power; (b) Economic power; The separation of economics from politics ; Some fallacies of the separation of economics from politics ; Autarky ; Economic power as an instrument of policy; Economic power and international morality; (c) Power over opinion ; Propoganda in the modern world; Propaganda as an instrument of policy ; National or international propaganda? ; International agreements regarding propaganda ; Truth and morality in propoganda.
Notes CHAPTER NINE Morality in International Politics ; The nature of international morality ; Theories of international morality; Ordinary assumptions about international morality; Differences between individual and state morality; Is there an international community? ; The principle of equality ; The good of the whole and the good of the part ; Notes ; Part Four Law and Change ; CHAPTER TEN The Foundations of Law ; The nature of international law ; The naturalist view of law ; The realist view of law; Law as a funcation of political society; Notes ; CHAPTER ELEVEN The Sanctity of Treaties.
Preface to First EditionPart One The Science of International Politics ; CHAPTER ONE The Beginnings of a Science ; Purposes and analysis in political science ; The role of utopianism; The impact of realism; Notes; CHAPTER TWO Utopia and Reality ; Free will and determination; Theory and practice ; The intellectual and the bureaucrat ; Left and right; Ethics and politics ; Notes ; Part Two The International Crisis ; CHAPTER THREE The Utopian Background; The foundations of utopianism ; Benthamism transplanted ; Rationalism and the League of Nations; The apotheosis of public opinion.
The problem of diagnosis Notes ; CHAPTER FOUR The Harmony of Interests; The Utopian synthesis ; The paradise of laissez-faire ; Darwinism in politics ; The international harmony ; The common interest in peace ; International economic harmony ; The harmony broken; Notes ; CHAPTER FIVE The Realist Critique ; The foundations of realism; The relativity of thought; The adjustment of thought to purpose; National interest and the universal good; The realist critique of the harmony of interests ; The realist critique of internationalism; Notes ; CHAPTER SIX The Limitations of Realism; Notes.
Part Three Politics, Power and MoralityCHAPTER SEVEN The Nature of Politics ; Notes ; CHAPTER EIGHT Power in International Politics ; (a) Military power; (b) Economic power; The separation of economics from politics ; Some fallacies of the separation of economics from politics ; Autarky ; Economic power as an instrument of policy; Economic power and international morality; (c) Power over opinion ; Propoganda in the modern world; Propaganda as an instrument of policy ; National or international propaganda? ; International agreements regarding propaganda ; Truth and morality in propoganda.
Notes CHAPTER NINE Morality in International Politics ; The nature of international morality ; Theories of international morality; Ordinary assumptions about international morality; Differences between individual and state morality; Is there an international community? ; The principle of equality ; The good of the whole and the good of the part ; Notes ; Part Four Law and Change ; CHAPTER TEN The Foundations of Law ; The nature of international law ; The naturalist view of law ; The realist view of law; Law as a funcation of political society; Notes ; CHAPTER ELEVEN The Sanctity of Treaties.