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Notes

  1. 1.

    On which see Hunter Heyck (2015).

  2. 2.

    As much as IR might be an American social science, a growing body of literature has examined the history of IR in specific country settings and revealed the sharp differences that exist between the United States and the rest of the world. See, for example, Jorgensen and Knudsen (2006), and Tickner and Weaver (2009).

  3. 3.

    The literature on Morgenthau is now huge. For a few recent references, see Scheuerman (2009), Williams (2007), and Tjalve (2008).

  4. 4.

    William Scheuerman (2011), Michael C. Williams (2013), and others have defended the progressive potential of political realism . For a different view, see Nicolas Guilhot (2017a, b).

  5. 5.

    Felix Rösch (2014: 1).

  6. 6.

    See for instance David Bates (2011).

  7. 7.

    There are, of course, exceptions as IR scholars increasingly cross-over to a mode of investigation no longer limited by the boundaries of their discipline.

  8. 8.

    For a more detailed discussion of the overlap between realism and the historical turn, see Nicolas Guilhot (2014).

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Guilhot, N. (2019). Introduction. In: Schmidt, B., Guilhot, N. (eds) Historiographical Investigations in International Relations. The Palgrave Macmillan History of International Thought. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78036-8_1

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