Realpolitik: a History by John Bew reviewed.
Many years ago I studied history as an undergraduate at Edinburgh University. My motivation was a fascination with the future more than with the past: without historical study, as my fellow Scot Niall Ferguson has argued elsewhere, our reference points for understanding the future are limited to either personal biography or theoretical models. Realpolitik: a History exemplifies the benefits that can be gained by careful and methodical study of history as a means to a better understanding of contemporary challenges.
By examining the origins, uses and misuses of the concept of realpolitik over …read more
Source: New Statesman
