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Starting with the second edition of Politics Among Nations, Morgenthau included a section in the opening chapter called "Six Principles of Political Realism". [39] The principles, paraphrased, are: Political realism believes that politics, like society in general, is governed by objective laws that have their roots in human nature. [40] [41]
[1] Trained as an international lawyer, the publication of the book culminates a transformation in Morgenthau's intellectual trajectory from focusing on legal theory to focusing on international politics. [2] The book introduces the concept of political realism, presenting a realist view of power politics.
The book contains Morgenthau's most systematic exposition of a realist philosophy and a critique of a position he terms 'liberal rationalism'. [2] Morgenthau argues that liberalism's belief in human reason had been shown to be deficient because of the rise of Nazi Germany [ 3 ] and that emphasis on science and reason as routes to peace meant ...
The Morgenthau Report (October 3, 1919) concerning the plight of Jews in the Second Polish Republic. All in a Lifetime (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1925), 454 pages, 7 illustrations; featuring the Morgenthau Report (online, at Archive.org). I was sent to Athens (1929) deals with his time working with Greek refugees (openlibrary ...
Morgenthau's proposal for the partition of Germany from his 1945 book Germany is Our Problem. The Morgenthau Plan was a proposal to weaken Germany following World War II by eliminating its arms industry and removing or destroying other key industries basic to military strength.
Historical method is the collection of techniques and guidelines that historians use to research and write histories of the past. Secondary sources, primary sources and material evidence such as that derived from archaeology may all be drawn on, and the historian's skill lies in identifying these sources, evaluating their relative authority, and combining their testimony appropriately in order ...
Morgenthau Lectures, named after Hans Morgenthau; Ambassador Morgenthau's Story (1918), published memoirs of Henry Morgenthau Sr. Morgenthau Report, a report issued by the United States' commission led by Henry Morgenthau Sr. USCGC Morgenthau, a U.S. Coast Guard cutter; Morgenthau Plan, a plan for the occupation of Germany after World War II.
Morgenthau was moved and appalled by the misery he witnessed. Soon after seeing what he did, Morgenthau sent an urgent cable to New York-based Jewish philanthropist Jacob Schiff, requesting $50,000 of aid to keep the Jews of Palestine from starvation and death. [2] Dated August 31, 1914, the Western Union cablegram read, in part: