The lessons of tragedy : statecraft and world order /

• Main Author: Brands, Hal, 1983- (Author)
• Other Authors: Edel, Charles N., 1979- (συγγραφέας)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2019.
• Subjects: Διεθνείς σχέσεις.; Διπλωματικές σχέσεις.; Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής > Εξωτερικές σχέσεις

The ancient Greeks hard-wired a tragic sensibility into their culture. By looking disaster squarely in the face, by understanding just how badly things could spiral out of control, they sought to create a communal sense of responsibility and courage--to spur citizens and their leaders to take the di...