Martin Wight was one of the most important twentieth century British scholars of International Relations. He taught at the London School of Economics (1949-1961) and the University of Sussex (1961-1972), where he served as the founding Dean of the School of European Studies. Wight is often associated with the British Committee on the Theory of International Politics and the so-called English School of International Relations.David S. Yost is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. His books have been published by Harvard University Press, the United States Institute of Peace, and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He has held fellowships from Fulbright, NATO, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the United States Institute of Peace.

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• Ian Hall: Foreword Preface: Martin Wight's Scholarly Stature 1: Introduction: Martin Wight and the Political Philosophy of International Relations 2: Why Is There No International Theory? 3: An Anatomy of International Thought 4: Western Values in International Relations 5: Three Questions of Methodology 6: Machiavellian Temptations: Methodological Warning 7: The Balance of Power in The World in March 1939 8: Kaplan's System and Process 9: Is There a Philosophy of Statesmanship? 10: The Communist Theory of International Relations 11: The Idea of Just War 12: The Causes of War: An Historian's View 13: Gain, Fear, and Glory: Reflections on the Nature of International Politics 14: Correspondence about War in The Listener 15: On the Abolition of War: Observations on a Memorandum by Walter Millis 16: International Legitimacy 17: Reflections on International Legitimacy 18: Dynastic Legitimacy 19: Popular Legitimacy 20: What Confers Political Legitimacy in a Modern Society? 21: Note on Conquest and Cession 22: Fortune's Banter 23: Review of Hugh Ross Williamson, Charles and Cromwell 24: Review of E. H. Carr, The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939 25: Review of Friedrich Meinecke, Machiavellism: The Doctrine of Raison d'état and its Place in Modern History 26: Review of Richard W. Sterling, Ethics in a World of Power: The Political Ideas of Friedrich Meinecke 27: Review of Hans J. Morgenthau, Dilemmas of Politics, and Correspondence 28: Review of Kenneth W. Thompson, Political Realism and the Crisis of World Politics: An American Approach to Foreign Policy 29: Review of J. L. Talmon, Political Messianism: The Romantic Phase 30: Review of Raymond Aron, Peace and War: A Theory of International Relations

Martin Wight was one of the most important twentieth century British scholars of International Relations. He taught at the London School of Economics (1949-1961) and the University of Sussex (1961-1972), where he served as the founding Dean of the School of European Studies. Wight is often associated with the British Committee on the Theory of International Politics and the so-called English School of International Relations.David S. Yost is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. His books have been published by Harvard University Press, the United States Institute of Peace, and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He has held fellowships from Fulbright, NATO, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the United States Institute of Peace.

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• Ian Hall: Foreword Preface: Martin Wight's Scholarly Stature 1: Introduction: Martin Wight and the Political Philosophy of International Relations 2: Why Is There No International Theory? 3: An Anatomy of International Thought 4: Western Values in International Relations 5: Three Questions of Methodology 6: Machiavellian Temptations: Methodological Warning 7: The Balance of Power in The World in March 1939 8: Kaplan's System and Process 9: Is There a Philosophy of Statesmanship? 10: The Communist Theory of International Relations 11: The Idea of Just War 12: The Causes of War: An Historian's View 13: Gain, Fear, and Glory: Reflections on the Nature of International Politics 14: Correspondence about War in The Listener 15: On the Abolition of War: Observations on a Memorandum by Walter Millis 16: International Legitimacy 17: Reflections on International Legitimacy 18: Dynastic Legitimacy 19: Popular Legitimacy 20: What Confers Political Legitimacy in a Modern Society? 21: Note on Conquest and Cession 22: Fortune's Banter 23: Review of Hugh Ross Williamson, Charles and Cromwell 24: Review of E. H. Carr, The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939 25: Review of Friedrich Meinecke, Machiavellism: The Doctrine of Raison d'état and its Place in Modern History 26: Review of Richard W. Sterling, Ethics in a World of Power: The Political Ideas of Friedrich Meinecke 27: Review of Hans J. Morgenthau, Dilemmas of Politics, and Correspondence 28: Review of Kenneth W. Thompson, Political Realism and the Crisis of World Politics: An American Approach to Foreign Policy 29: Review of J. L. Talmon, Political Messianism: The Romantic Phase 30: Review of Raymond Aron, Peace and War: A Theory of International Relations