The Great Delusion

The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities is a 2018 book by the American political scientist John Mearsheimer. The book is about international relations and contrasts realism with the idealism that is part of the United States' ruling ideology, arguing that the latter is unsustainable and deteriorates the liberalism its defenders promote.^[1][2][3]

The Great Delusion

Author	John Mearsheimer
Language	English
Subject	international relations
Publisher	Yale University Press
Publication date	2018
Publication place	United States
Pages	313
ISBN	978-0-300-23419-0

The book was reviewed by C. William Walldorf, to which Mearsheimer responded with an article in Perspectives on Politics.^[4] Several lectures delivered on the subject of the book were widely viewed, including that before The Bush School of Government and Public Service^[5] and that before Carleton University.^[6] The book was delivered in lecture form at the SOAS University of London^[7] and the University of Bonn,^[8] and presented and discussed at the SETA Foundation.^[9]

See also

• John Mearsheimer bibliography
• Liberal international order

References

1. Ettinger, Aaron (2019). "The hell of good intentions: America's foreign policy elite and the decline of U.S. primacy; The great delusion: Liberal dreams and international realities". Cambridge Review of International Affairs. 32 (5): 671–675. doi:10.1080/09557571.2019.1653651.
2. Bellamy, Alex J. (2019). "The great delusion: liberal dreams and international realities; The hell of good intentions: America's foreign policy elite and the decline of U.S. primacy". International Affairs. 95 (5): 1199–1201. doi:10.1093/ia/iiz151.
3. Walton, C. Dale (2019). "The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities: edited by John J. Mearsheimer, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2018, 313 pp". Comparative Strategy. 38 (3): 252–253. doi:10.1080/01495933.2019.1606667.
4. Mearsheimer, John J. (2020). "Response to C. William Walldorf Jr.'s Review". Perspectives on Politics. 18 (3): 894–895. doi:10.1017/S1537592720001796. ISSN 1537-5927.
5. Mearsheimer, John J. (2018-10-10). The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities. The Bush School of Government and Public Service – via YouTube. 1:16:49.
6. Mearsheimer, John J. (2020-02-13). The Great Delusion. FPA Research Series. Carleton University – via YouTube.
7. Mearsheimer, John J. (2019-01-24) [recorded 2019-01-21]. The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities. SOAS University of London – via YouTube.
8. Mearsheimer, John J. (2018-11-12) [recorded 2018-11-07]. The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities. Center for International Security and Governance – via YouTube.
9. Mearsheimer, John J. (2019-02-26). "Book Discussion with John Mearsheimer" (Interview). Interviewed by Duran, Burhanettin – via YouTube. 1:18:09.

External links

• Yale University Press