Books by Kenneth W. Thompson

The complexities of modern politics and international relationships sometimes overwhelm us. Kenneth Thompson here offers clarity to replace obscurity, personal warmth and human values to replace abstractions. His aim is to introduce the ideas of eighteen "men of large and capacious thought" about twentieth-century international relations.

In Fathers of International Thought, renowned foreign affairs scholar Kenneth W. Thompson returns to the writings of sixteen thinkers in order better to understand the issues and problems that recurrently beset global politics.

In this informed and comprehensive assessment of current issues in international politics, Kenneth W. Thompson addresses the role that traditions and values play in shaping change and in helping us to understand its implications.

In this first of a two-volume examination of the Cold War, Kenneth Thompson offers an account of its history and its historians. Thompson's aim is to find the best framework for understanding how the Cold War started, what forces produced it, how Soviet and American policies intensified the conflict, and what alternatives were open to the rivals.