Force and folly ; essays on foreign affairs and the history of ideas.
| Author/creator | Speier, Hans |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : M.I.T. Press, [1968, ©1969] |
| Description | vii, 342 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | M.I.T. studies in comparative politics M. I. T. studies in comparative politics series. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | War and peace in the nuclear age.--International political communication: elite vs. mass.--The political value of arms.--Revolutionary War.--Soviet atomic blackmail and the North Atlantic Alliance.--The Suez crises.--Germany in American foreign policy.--The Hallstein doctrine.--On war games.--Some observations on political gaming.--The pitfalls of political humor.--The fool and social order.--Court and tavern in the German Baroque novel.--Simplicissimus, the irreverent fool.--Courage, the adventuress.--Grimmelshausen's laughter. |
| General note | "The papers presented here were written in the last ten years, so that this book may be regarded as a sequel to Social order and the risks of war ... first published in 1952." |
| Bibliography note | Bibliographical footnotes. |
| LCCN | 68030753 |