• Chapter 1 Assumptions of a historical sociology of realism; Part I Realism from containment to détente; Chapter 2 Classical realism: Carr, Morgenthau and the crisis of collective security; Chapter 3 The evolution of realist core concepts during the second debate; Chapter 4 Realism and the US policy of containment; Chapter 5 The turning point of the Cuban missile crisis: crisis management and the expanding research agenda; Chapter 6 Epilogue: Soviet theories of International Relations; interlude Interlude The crisis of realism; Chapter 7 The policy of détente: Kissinger and the limits of concert diplomacy; Chapter 8 International Relations in disarray: the inter-paradigm debate; Part II Realist responses to the crisis of realism; Chapter 9 Systemic neorealism: Kenneth Waltz's Theory of International Politics; Chapter 10 International Political Economy as an attempt to update realism; Chapter 11 International Political Economy at the convergence of realism and structuralism; Conclusion The fragmentation of realism; Chapter 12 Realism gets lost: the epistemological turn of the 1980s and 1990s; Chapter 13 Realism at a crossroads;

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• Chapter 1 Assumptions of a historical sociology of realism; Part I Realism from containment to détente; Chapter 2 Classical realism: Carr, Morgenthau and the crisis of collective security; Chapter 3 The evolution of realist core concepts during the second debate; Chapter 4 Realism and the US policy of containment; Chapter 5 The turning point of the Cuban missile crisis: crisis management and the expanding research agenda; Chapter 6 Epilogue: Soviet theories of International Relations; interlude Interlude The crisis of realism; Chapter 7 The policy of détente: Kissinger and the limits of concert diplomacy; Chapter 8 International Relations in disarray: the inter-paradigm debate; Part II Realist responses to the crisis of realism; Chapter 9 Systemic neorealism: Kenneth Waltz's Theory of International Politics; Chapter 10 International Political Economy as an attempt to update realism; Chapter 11 International Political Economy at the convergence of realism and structuralism; Conclusion The fragmentation of realism; Chapter 12 Realism gets lost: the epistemological turn of the 1980s and 1990s; Chapter 13 Realism at a crossroads;

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• Chapter 1 Assumptions of a historical sociology of realism; Part I Realism from containment to détente; Chapter 2 Classical realism: Carr, Morgenthau and the crisis of collective security; Chapter 3 The evolution of realist core concepts during the second debate; Chapter 4 Realism and the US policy of containment; Chapter 5 The turning point of the Cuban missile crisis: crisis management and the expanding research agenda; Chapter 6 Epilogue: Soviet theories of International Relations; interlude Interlude The crisis of realism; Chapter 7 The policy of détente: Kissinger and the limits of concert diplomacy; Chapter 8 International Relations in disarray: the inter-paradigm debate; Part II Realist responses to the crisis of realism; Chapter 9 Systemic neorealism: Kenneth Waltz's Theory of International Politics; Chapter 10 International Political Economy as an attempt to update realism; Chapter 11 International Political Economy at the convergence of realism and structuralism; Conclusion The fragmentation of realism; Chapter 12 Realism gets lost: the epistemological turn of the 1980s and 1990s; Chapter 13 Realism at a crossroads;

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