An Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove: the Principles that Defined the American Age

... nation like a rational clockwork mechanism. Andrey Kortunov: Seven Debates over the Fourteen Points Liberals extrapolate this interpretation to international relations... ... irresistible passion for destruction. Reinhold Niebuhr, one of the greatest critics of liberalism in international relations, would subsequently strengthen this thesis, pointing... ... Reduced arms (in particular, the reduction in the number of battleships) after the First World War was masterfully replaced by new types of weapons (such as aircraft carriers)...