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	Hans Morgenthau and the Iraq war: realism versus neo-conservatism John J Mearsheimer - openDemocracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Hans Joachim Morgenthau was one of the most important political thinkers of the 20th century and one of the great realist thinkers of all time.
		Morgenthau rejected this view, and argued that the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong (the guerrilla forces in South Vietnam) were motivated mainly by nationalism, not communism, and that they would invariably view American troops in their midst as colonial occupiers whom they would fight hard to expel.
		Morgenthau likened the “difference between international politics as it actually is” and “a rational theory derived from it” to that “between a photograph and a painted portrait.
	www.opendemocracy.net /conflict-americanpower/morgenthau_2522.jsp (4899 words)

	Hans Morgenthau - Wikipedia
		Aus dem Klassischen Realismus ist der Neoliberalismus hervorgegangen, zudem sind auf Morgenthau der strukturelle Realismus, der neoklassische Realismus, der offensive Realismus, der defensive Realismus und der Neorealismus der Münchner Schule (NRMS) zurückzuführen.
		Morgenthau spricht sich gegen einen aggressive Feinde ermutigenden Pazifismus und gegen den völligen Ausschluss von Gewalt aus; er hält diese Haltung für kontraproduktiv, da sie das aggressive Verhalten von Despoten ermutigt.
		Morgenthau kritisiert einen arroganten Isolationismus genauso wie naive wissenschaftliche Weltverbesserungskonzepte und den amerikanischen Exzeptionalismus.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hans_Morgenthau (2465 words)

	Morgenthau's "Realpolitik" and the war in Yugoslavia
		Morgenthau observed that nations have interests which are furthered through the use of power to accumulate more power (military, economic and political alliances) to further new interests (regionalization, globalization).
		Morgenthau saw clearly that mass communication is an essential element of foreign policy for a democracy or even a totalitarian state.
		Morgenthau reconciled universal principles (human rights) with a recalcitrant reality (national sovereignty) by representing their relationship as a dialectical tension.
	www.marxmail.org /archives/May99/morgenthau.htm (695 words)

	Hans J. Morgenthau Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Hans J. Morgenthau (1904-1979) was an American political scientist who taught at the University of Chicago and at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York.
		Hans J. Morgenthau was born on February 17, 1904, in Coburg, a small town in central Germany which is now part of northern Bavaria.
		Morgenthau recalled his mother going to market with a basketful of paper money and his physician father accepting butter, eggs, chickens, or textiles rather than worthless money for his services.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-hans-j-morgenthau/index.html (985 words)

	Hans Morgenthau's "Fourteen Points" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As Morgenthau states in Chapter 11, the "instability of the international balance of power is due not to the faultiness of the principle but to the particular conditions under which they principle must operate in a society of sovereign nations." To a student reading only this section of the book, this statement would appear cryptic.
		Morgenthau uses vivid metaphor (structures lying in ruin…a reminder of the bombing of European cities during the War?) to describe the passing of a nostalgically pleasing old world and the emergence of a new one.
		Morgenthau dismisses the mechanics of the American example, saying that the creation of the United States was really the trading of one form of sovereignty for another.
	www.du.edu /~dwhelan/writings/morgenthau.html (4110 words)

	Hans Morgenthau, realism, and the study of international politics - Sixtieth Anniversary, 1934-1994: The Legacy of Our ...
		Morgenthau wrote too much for me to even attempt a summary, and, like any subtle and supple thinker, he voiced too many contradictions to permit ready distillations.
		As both a detached scholar and a passionate observer of world politics, Morgenthau sought to have his general philosophy guide his views on specific issues and yet to remain open enough to allow his observations of the wisdom and folly--usually the latter--around him alter some of his most deeply-held beliefs.
		Morgenthau's stress on the centrality of the national interest was particularly important.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2267/is_n4_v61/ai_15955163 (815 words)

	Jewish Political Studies Review Abstracts - Volume 10, Numbers 1 & 2 (Spring 5758/1998)
		From an earlier perception of Morgenthau as a one-dimensional advocate of pure realpolitik, more recent scholarly literature has been emphasizing significant transcendent themes in Morgenthau's thought, that reflect his concerns relating to the importance of morality in statecraft, man's philosophic quest, and even spirituality.
		Morgenthau's sensitivity to spiritual concerns also seemed to run parallel to his strong sense of Jewish identification which he expressed during the course of his lifetime and in particular through his involvement with the causes of Soviet Jewry and Israel, during the final decade of his life.
		It is argued here, that Protestant theologian Reinhold Niebuhr had a significant impact on Morgenthau, with whom he believed that without an understanding of the spiritual forces which drive man, man, his power seeking, and his political behavior in society could not be fully understood.
	www.jcpa.org /jpabsp98.htm (1032 words)

	WPJ Fall 2003 - Weighing Iraq on Morgenthau’s Scale by Karl Meyer
		I refer to Hans Morgenthau (1904—80), nowadays often confused with his unrelated namesake, Secretary of the Treasury Henry J. Morgenthau, Jr.
		Like Strauss, Morgenthau was born Jewish in the wrong country, attended a German university (Munich in his case, Marburg in Strauss’s), and then in the 1930s both restarted their academic careers as refugees on these shores (via Brooklyn College and the University of Kansas in Morgenthau’s case; via the New School in Strauss’s).
		Morgenthau would not have applauded: President Bush and his associates have managed to flout or failed to take adequate account of all nine rules.
	www.worldpolicy.org /journal/articles/wpj03-3/coda.html (1862 words)

	A formula for foreign policy failure \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Hans Morgenthau can rightly be called the dean of international politics scholars.
		Morgenthau, who died in 1979, first applied his analysis to the Vietnam conflict in 1965, far before most experts (with the exception of George Kennan and Walter Lippmann), understood why America was doomed to failure.
		For his Vietnam critique, Morgenthau was bitterly attacked by a group that subsequently would go on to fame and fortune in the Bush administration: neoconservatives, the principal architects of the Iraq War.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040920/news_mz1e20golds.html (787 words)

	israelinsider: Views: FDR's Plan for a Jewish State in Palestine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Morgenthau and Roosevelt were long-time New York neighbors and friends, and when Roosevelt entered the White House, he appointed Morgenthau as his Secretary of the Treasury.
		Morgenthau and Roosevelt met on a regular basis and Morgenthau kept a record of these meetings in his diary.
		Morgenthau ends this entry by writing, "I was surprised to find that the President was studying this thing with so much interest and had gone as far as he had in making up his mind on what he wants to do.
	web.israelinsider.com /Views/1781.htm (768 words)

	Hans J. Morgenthau
		Hans J. Morgenthau, a founding proponent of political realism, remains the central figure in international relations scholarship of the twentieth century.
		Yet when Morgenthau died in 1980 at the age of seventy-six, no one present at his funeral had an inkling about the first half of his life -- his education, his early productive career in Europe and America, or the roots of his political philosophy.
		Resoundingly praised in the original German, Hans J. Morgenthau is a brilliant life study that presents the first coherent picture of the European intellectual building blocks Morgenthau brought with him to America.
	www.indiaplaza.com /books/pd.aspx?sku=0807126586 (263 words)

	Hans Morgenthau - The Heritage, Challenge and Future of Realism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		After Kai Schellhorn, member of the board of directors of the BMW-Stiftung, had opened up the conference, Gottfried-Karl Kindermann, former assistant of Morgenthau at the University of Chicago, pointed to the fact that Morgenthau is widely regarded as the classical author of the discipline.
		He pointed to the fact that Morgenthau was successful in determining the dilemmas of politics between moral dictates and political necessities.
		Susanna Morgenthau gave a moving speech concering Morgenthau's youth in Munich, where he felt in love with his wife Irma Thormann, studied law and came into contact with the radical right in the 20s.
	www.politischer-realismus.de /inhalt2.html (785 words)

	National Committee on American Foreign Policy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Morgenthau is widely heralded as the apostle of realism and for good reason.
		This last point suggests that there is an important parallel between the concert of the early nineteenth century and the potential concert of today: namely, the notion of the principal powers of the era agreeing to restrain their competition; take one another’s interests into account; and, where possible, work together on behalf of common purposes.
		But we can achieve a world in which great powers cooperate more than compete, in which multilateralism is a more accurate reflection of reality than is multipolarity, in which the major powers focus their power less on one another and more on the transnational challenges that affect one and all.
	www.ncafp.org /about/haass_speech.htm (3112 words)

	Amazon.ca: Hans J. Morgenthau: An Intellectual Biography: Books: Christoph Frei (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		When it comes to political insight, Hans Joachim Morgenthau is indeed one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century.
		He provides us a detailed reconstruction of the first decades of Morgenthau's life, points out to the first time when concepts and ideas were put to paper, and provides a detailed and lively account of the difficult conditions under which these concepts and ideas were produced.
		The first part deals biographically with Morgenthau's life story, his studies in different cities in Germany, his acquaintance with, and perceptions of, the several ongoing schools of social sciences which developed in those times, and the beginning of his professional career.
	www.amazon.ca /Hans-J-Morgenthau-Intellectual-Biography/dp/0807126586 (905 words)

	Colloquium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In this model, the political is defined not in terms of a set of pre-given objects or issues, but rather in terms of a specific degree of intensity that any type of conflict is capable of achieving.
		Scheuerman then moves from an analysis of Morgenthau’s influence on Schmitt to an analysis of Schmitt’s deep and lasting influence on Morgenthau.
		Furthermore, Morgenthau, following Schmitt, tends to view the type of deadly conflict that “power politics” of this type entails as somehow essential to human nature.
	www.arts.cornell.edu /igcs/newsS05/colloq4.htm (278 words)

	neocon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Hans Morgenthau was concerned with international institutions: states, alliances and national histories.
		To Morgenthau the central determinants of a rational international policy are based on national interests and real power as measured by military might, economic resources and political will.
		Morgenthau's roots in Locke and Hobbes are the same roots as America's Founding Fathers'.
	www.well.com /~mp/neocon.html (316 words)

	alt.politics.international FAQ
		Hans Morgenthau describes the fear and trembling with which great statesmen have approached their task, knowing that in trying to mould the political world they must act like gods, without the knowledge, the wisdom, the power, and the goodness which their task demands.
		The religious wars of the 16th and 17th centuries may be over, but there are many substitutes for religion which provide the same moral certainty and self-righteousness, making it extremely difficult to pursue a moderate policy, let alone to compromise with an enemy seen as wholly evil.
		Hans Morgenthau: A nation that throws into the scale of international politics the maximum of material power it is capable of mustering will find itself confronted with the maximum effort of all its competitors to equal or surpass its power.
	www.geocities.com /rwvong/future/apifaq.html (4198 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Morgenthau, Hans Joachim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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	Amazon.com: Hans J. Morgenthau: An Intellectual Biography (Political Traditions in Foreign Policy Series): Books: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As we read Hans Morgenthau's books on the great issues of American politics during the Cold War, we observe his sharp and fearless mind meeting extremely worrisome circumstances, which demanded responsibility and consciousness both from policy-makers and intellectuals.
		And Morgenthau was one of the few too few individuals who could understand its problems, rising up to the challenge of facing human nature in the eyes in such bleak days without subterfuges.
		In my opinion, Morgenthau is one of the most important political thinkers of all times, shouldering with his predecessors Burke, the Federalists and Tocqueville; shortly before him, with Max Weber and having, in his days, an insight arguably superior to that of other truly great minds: Leo Strauss, Eric Voegelin and Reinhold Niebuhr.
	www.amazon.com /Hans-Morgenthau-Intellectual-Political-Traditions/dp/0807126586 (1509 words)

	Draft Wesley Clark 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Morgenthau was a realist, and there was something about the label itself that those of us in that granite fortress on the Hudson found appealing.
		If Hans Morgenthau were here today, he would tell you that politics among nations is a function of human nature itself.
		Hans Morgenthau understood that we had to be very careful with the grand moral visions that tempt all nations.
	draftthegeneral.blogspot.com (8981 words)

	Remarks Upon Receiving the Hans J. Morgenthau Award
		In the finest traditions of Hans Morgenthau, the National Committee continues to articulate an American role in the world that combines realism with our core values, and never before have our core values been more important.
		The ideas that Hans Morgenthau stood for have never meant more to us than they do this evening here in my hometown of New York City.
		But I think that Hans Morgenthau would have felt right at home in this new world of ours because he understood the essential partnership between morality and power, which is at the core of American foreign policy.
	www.state.gov /secretary/former/powell/remarks/2002/13459.htm (4496 words)

	Toward a 21st Century Concert - Remarks to the National Committee on American Foreign Policy on the Occasion of ...
		As I expect all of you know, Henry Kissinger was a previous recipient of the Hans J. Morgenthau award.
		This last point suggests that there is an important parallel between the concert of the early 19th century and the potential concert of today, namely, the notion of the principal powers of the era agreeing to restrain their competition, take one another’s interests into account, and, where possible, work together on behalf of common purposes.
		The good news is that the current and projected U.S. advantage in many aspects of power works to reduce this inclination to struggle, as no clear prospect exists for any one country or group of countries to challenge the United States for supremacy any time soon.
	www.cfr.org /publication.html?id=6865 (3414 words)

	Hans Morgenthau, "We Are Deluding Ourselves in Vietnam," New York Times Magazine, 18 April 1965
		Hans Morgenthau, "We Are Deluding Ourselves in Vietnam," New York Times Magazine, 18 April 1965
		The address President Johnson delivered on AprIl 7, 1965 at Johns Hopkins University is important for two reasons.
		Beyond the present crisis, however, one must hope that the confrontation between these misconceptions and reality will teach us a long-overdue lesson—to rid ourselves of these misconceptions altogether.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/intrel/vietnam/hans'.htm (3353 words)

	Politics Among Nations : McGraw-Hill Professional Books
		Hans Morgenthau's classic text established realism as the fundamental way of thinking about international relations.
		Although it has had its critics, the fact that it continues to be the most long lived text for courses in international relations attests to its enduring value.
		What follows the introduction are the perspectives of a dozen statesmen, scholars, and observers each offering insights on Morgenthau's concepts and ideas as they relate to current crises on every continent.
	books.mcgraw-hill.com /getbook.php?isbn=007289539X (446 words)

	Thoughts on Man's Purpose in Life
		Voltaire once said, "Not to be occupied and not to exist are one and the same thing for a man." WIth those few words he captured the essence of a purpose in life: to work, to create, to excel, and to be concerned about the world and its affairs.
		I do not claim to have a magic answer, but I believe there are some basic principles of existence, propounded by thinkers through the ages, which can guide us toward the goal of finding a purpose in life.
		Named for famed international relations scholar Hans Morgenthau, the annual Morgenthau Memorial Lecture series is the longest-running public education initiative of the Carnegie Council, showcasing today's most distinguished thinkers on ethics and international affairs.
	www.cceia.org /resources/publications/morgenthau/763.html (299 words)

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