{"product_id":"american-power-and-international-theory-david-m-mccourt-9780472131716","title":"American Power and International Theory at the Council on Foreign Relations, 1953-54","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetween December 1953 and June 1954, the elite think-tank the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) joined prominent figures in International Relations, including Pennsylvania's Robert Strausz-Hup , Yale's Arnold Wolfers, the Rockefeller Foundation's William Thompson, government adviser Dorothy Fosdick, and nuclear strategist William Kaufmann. They spent seven meetings assessing approaches to world politics--from the \"realist\" theory of Hans Morgenthau to theories of imperialism of Karl Marx and V.I. Lenin--to discern basic elements of a theory of international relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe study group's materials are an indispensable window to the development of IR theory, illuminating the seeds of the theory-practice nexus in Cold War U.S. foreign policy. Historians of International Relations recently revised the standard narrative of the field's origins, showing that IR witnessed a sharp turn to \u003ci\u003etheoretical \u003c\/i\u003econsideration of international politics beginning around 1950, and remained preoccupied with theory. Taking place in 1953-54, the CFR study group represents a vital snapshot of this shift.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book situates the CFR study group in its historical and historiographical contexts, and offers a biographical analysis of the participants. It includes seven preparatory papers on diverse theoretical approaches, penned by former Berkeley political scientist George A. Lipsky, followed by the digest of discussions from the study group meetings. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Power and International Theory at the Council on Foreign Relations, 1953-54 \u003c\/i\u003eoffers new insights into the early development of IR as well as the thinking of prominent elites in the early years of the Cold War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David M. McCourt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472131710\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472131716\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"David M. McCourt","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43919901032703,"sku":"9780472131716","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_bdf1ea94-fd33-4664-a698-2b6378c0a62b.jpg?v=1680812535","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-power-and-international-theory-david-m-mccourt-9780472131716","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}