Honor in Foreign Policy
A History and Discussion
Donelan, Michael
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BOOK SUMMARY
A frequent phrase for the aims of foreign policy from the Peace of Westphalia until the twentieth century was interests and honor. There have been many treatments of interests. Donelan offers some material for discussion of the concern for honor. He
BOOK SYNOPSIS
A frequent phrase for the aims of foreign policy from the Peace of Westphalia until the twentieth century was “interests and honor.” There have been many treatments of interests. Donelan offers some material for discussion of the concern for honor. He offers a history of honor in foreign policy both from a theoretical perspective, exploring the "onslaught against virtue by the ideologists of conflict: Realists, Racists, Darwinists, Nationalists, Fascists, Nazis, Marxist-Leninists" and from the historical: to give an even-handed account of the honorable and the dishonorable in the European empires: greed, glory, violence, and disruption on the one hand, and, on the other, better government, often devoted to the interests of the people, and greatly advancing these. He provides lessons for the implementation of today's foreign policy based on the experiences from the past.
AUTHOR BIO
Michael Donelan is Professor Emeritus of International Relations, London School of Economics.
BOOK REVIEWS
Michael Donelan applies virtue ethics to foreign policy and discerns a motive for honor lurking in even modern and utilitarian liberal society. This study of honor in foreign policy tests the limits of rationalist and consequentialist calculations, and draws vivid pictures of societies where honor in foreign policy ruled. The account of honor in Soviet foreign policy is particularly impressive.Â
--Cornelia Navari, University of Buckingham
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 1403979723
ISBN(13-digit): 9781403979728
Dewey Decimal: 327.101
Library of Congress: 2006037212
Book Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 221
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