The Great Delusion

Liberal Dreams and International Realities

Pages: 328
Published: 2018
Language: English

John Mearsheimer argues that the United States' foreign policy of liberal hegemony, pursued since the Cold War, is destined to fail. He proposes that Washington should instead adopt a more restrained approach, grounded in a realistic understanding of how nationalism and realism influence global powers. Mearsheimer explains why the US, despite its intentions to spread democracy and promote peace, has become a militarized state fighting wars that undermine human rights and liberal values.

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John J. Mearsheimer

John Joseph Mearsheimer (born December 14, 1947) is an American political scientist and international relations scholar, who belongs to the realist school of thought. He is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. He has been described as the most influential realist of his generation. Mearsheimer is best known for developing the theory of offensive realism, which describes the interaction between great powers as being primarily driven by the ratio...