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100 1 $aLebow, Richard Ned.
245 14 $aThe tragic vision of politics :$bethics,
interests, and orders /$cRichard Ned Lebow.
260 $aCampridge, UK ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University
Press,$c2003.
300 $axvii, 405 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a1. Nixon in hell -- 2. Tragedy and politics -- 3.
Thucydides and war -- 4. Thucydides and civilization -- 5.
Carl von Clausewitz -- 6. Hans J. Morgenthau -- 7. The
wisdom of classical realism -- 8. Running red lights and
ruling the world -- 9. Tragedy and scholarship.
520 1 $a"Is it possible to preserve national security
through ethical policies? Richard Ned Lebow seeks to show
that ethics are actually essential to the national interest.
Recapturing the wisdom of classical realism through a close
reading of the texts of Thucydides, Clausewitz and Hans
Morgenthau, Lebow argues that, unlike many modern realists,
classical realists saw close links between domestic and
international politics, and between interests and ethics.
Lebow uses this analysis to offer a powerful critique of
post-Cold-War American foreign policy. He also develops an
ontological foundation for ethics and makes the case for an
alternate ontology for social science based on Greek
tragedy's understanding of life and politics. This is a
topical and accessible book, written by a leading scholar in
the field."--BOOK JACKET.
600 00 $aThucydides.
600 10 $aClausewitz, Carl von,$d1780-1831.
600 10 $aMorgenthau, Hans Joachim,$d1904-
650 0 $aNational security$xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 $aInternational relations$xMoral and ethical
aspects.
650 0 $aRealism$xPolitical aspects.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1989-
