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The Lessons of Tragedy: Statecraft and World Order - Brands, Hal, and Edel, Charles
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An eloquent call to draw on the lessons of the past to address current threats to international order The ancient Greeks hardwired a tragic sensibility into their culture. By looking disaster squarely in the face, by understanding just how badly things could spiral out of control, they sought to create a communal sense of responsibility and courage-to spur citizens and their leaders to take the difficult actions necessary to avert such a fate. Today, after more than seventy years of greatpower peace and a quartercentury of ...

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The Lessons of Tragedy: Statecraft and World Order 2020, Yale University Press

ISBN-13: 9780300251760

Trade paperback

The Lessons of Tragedy: Statecraft and World Order 2019, Yale University Press

ISBN-13: 9780300238242

Hardcover