1. Introduction Exploring the Realist Image of Man Main Arguments Approach and Layout of This Book Why is This Study Important? Part I: What Moves Man? An Analysis of the Realist Psychology 2. The Roots of Realism Introduction The Roots of Realism in the History of Thucydides Alternatives to Realism in the History of Thucydides Summary and Conclusions 3. Realism Goes Modern Introduction Niccolo Machiavelli Thomas Hobbes Summary and Conclusions 4. Realism Today Introduction "Classical" Realism in the Twentieth Century Neorealism and Beyond Rational Choice and Game Theory Summary and Conclusions 5. Realist Man through the Ages: A Synopsis The Realist Image of Man The Role of Motivational Assumptions in Realist Theory The Effects of the Realist Use of Motivational Assumptions Part II: Sunglasses at Night: A Critique of the Realist Psychology 6. What Is Wrong with the Realist Psychology? The Incompleteness of Realist Motivational Assumptions The Bias of Realist Motivational Assumptions Realist Defenses 7. The Effects of the Realist Bias How Biased Assumptions Produce Biased Interpretations How Biased Interpretations Affect Realist Scholarship How Theoretical Biases Affect Reality How the Realist Bias Affects International Politics 8. A Self-Fulfilling Prophesy? The Problem of the Self-Fulfilling Prophesy The Prophetic Status of the Realist Paradigm Concluding Observations 9. Conclusion: Great Debates and Small Suggestions Realism—Where Do We Go from Here? Complementary Motivational Assumptions in International Relations Theory Transcending the Third Debate Appendix: Biographical Notes on Authors of Classical Realism Notes Bibliography Index