Justice Among Nations

“This powerful and important book should be assigned in core courses offered to all advanced students in international relations.”—International History Review

“An excellent contribution that masterfully combines philosophy, theology, and morality into a history of international relations from the ancient Greeks to the present.”—Military Review

“An extremely welcome and powerful contribution.”—International Affairs

"Thomas Pangle and Peter Ahrensdorf have written a book remarkable in the depth and breadth of its scholarship and in the clarity and incisiveness of its analysis. By placing currently fashionable theories of international relations in the illuminating context of the long tradition of western political thought they provide a valuable critique and evaluation of these ideas as well as a deeper understanding of the problems of war and peace."—Donald Kagan, author of On the Origin of War and the Preservation of Peace

"A major contribution to the study both of international relations and the history of political philosophy. Filled with fresh and penetrating insights, it&8217;s easily the best and most comprehensive study of its kind."—Carnes Lord, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, coeditor of Essays on the Foundations of Aristotelian Political Science

"A real tour de force. Political theorists and students of international relations have long needed just such a volume to engage the history and prehistory of their discipline in a philosophic way."—Nathan Tarcov, author of Locke’s Education for Liberty

"This is a remarkably thoughtful and learned study that brings to bear the wisdom of the great works of political philosophy on the central questions of international relations. I know of no comparable work. It should prove indispensable for students of both political theory and international relations."—Marc F. Plattner, Director, International Forum for Democratic Studies and editor, Journal of Democracy