Introduction -- The realist gambit -- or the end of political science -- American Katechon: Christian realism and the theological foundations of international relations theory -- The making of the realist tradition: Felix Gilbert and the reclaiming of Machiavelli -- The Kuhning of reason: political realism and decision-making after Thomas Kuhn -- Cyborg pantocrator: at the origins of neorealism -- The Americanization of realism: Kenneth Waltz, the security dilemma, and the problem of decision-making
Summary
This is the first comprehensive intellectual history of political realism and international relations theory