Realism Is an Attitude, Not a Doctrine
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- Aug 24, 2015
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Realists agree that power is what drives international politics, but they disagree about exactly when and where it should be unleashed or husbanded.
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"Chamberlain’s approach was the path of least resistance, in a nation buffeted by memories of the Great War. Hindsight at the time suggested that the catastrophe of World War I might have been avoided if statesmen had shown more empathy for their adversaries, more willingness to take risks for peace and, above all, more military restraint as the summer crisis of 1914 worsened. Chamberlain and company avoided the fateful mistake of 1914 only to commit the opposite one."