Reinhold Niebuhr And International Relations Th... -

Niebuhrian International Relations: The Ethics of Foreign Policymaking

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. Reinhold Niebuhr and International Relations Th...

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. Go to product viewer dialog for this item

He warned that "idealists" who ignore power dynamics actually make the world more dangerous by being unprepared for real-world tyrants. A Legacy of "The Father of Us All" He warned that "idealists" who ignore power dynamics