Books by John J. Mearsheimer
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review 1: In a 1992 campaign speech, then-candidate William Jefferson Clinton told his audience, "In a world where freedom, not tyranny, is on the march, the cynical calculus of pure power politics simply does not compute. It is ill-suited to a new era." This kind of rhetoric is wishful ...
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review 1: You can't mitigate the security dilemma! Stop trying! Disregard all else and acquire all the power! Mearsheimer is the keeper of the offensive realist's flame. Just about the only guy anywhere close to the structural realism laid out by Waltz. He may violate his rationality ...
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review 1: The books talks about lying as a political tool. The author focuses on the lies that leaders tell because they think that it is the best for their countries rather than the ones that they use for personal gain. He classifies political lying into five types:1- Lying between states...