Acknowledgements p. ix
1 Introduction p. 1
2 Ancient thought (500 BCE-312 CE) p. 17
From History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides p. 34
From The Politics Aristotle p. 61
From On Duties Cicero p. 83
From Meditations Marcus Aurelius p. 86
From The Epistles Plato p. 90
3 Late antiquity and the early middle ages (312-1000) p. 95
From The Teaching of the Lord to the Gentiles through the Twelve Apostles or The Didache p. 111
From Tricennial Orations Eusebius p. 115
From The City of God against the Pagans p. 119
From De Administrando Imperio Constantine Porphyrogenitus p. 136
From The Political Regime Al-Farabi p. 148
From The Healing Avicenna p. 170
From Logic Moses Maimonides p. 174
4 International relations in Christendom p. 177
From On Royal and Papal Power p. 191
From Monarchy Dante Alighieri p. 198
From On Secular Authority Martin Luther p. 204
From Summa Theologiae Thomas Aquinas p. 213
From "Dulce Bellum Inexpertis" Desiderius Erasmus p. 221
From "On the American Indians" Francisco De Vitoria p. 231
5 The modern European state and system of states p. 243
From The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli p. 257
From The Discourses Niccolo Machiavelli p. 262
From Six Books of the Commonwealth Jean Bodin p. 270
From On the Manner of Negotiating with Princes Francois De Callieres p. 276
From On Questions of Public Law Cornelius Van Bynkershoek p. 281
From Letters of Pacificus Alexander Hamilton p. 286
From Letters on a Regicide Peace Edmund Burke p. 292
From "On the Necessity of Forming Alliances" Francois De Salignac De La Mothe Fenelon p. 301
"The True Concept of a Balance of Power" Friedrich Von Gentz p. 307
6 The emergence of international law p. 311
From The Law of War and Peace Hugo Grotius p. 325
From Leviathan Thomas Hobbes p. 335
From On the Duties of Man and Citizen Samuel Pufendorf p. 341
From "On the Law of Nations" Samuel Rachel p. 349
From The Law of Nations Treated According to a Scientific Method Christian Von Wolff p. 356
From The Law of Nations or Principles of Natural Law Emmerich De Vattel p. 370
7 The Enlightenment p. 379
From A Project for Settling an Everlasting Peace in Europe p. 394
From The Spirit of the Laws Montesquieu p. 399
From Of the Balance of Power David Hume p. 407
From The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith p. 410
From The State of War Jean-Jacques Rousseau p. 416
From Abstract and Judgement of Saint-Pierre's Project for Perpetual Peace Jean-Jacques Rousseau p. 425
From Essay on Theory and Practice Immanuel Kant p. 428
From Perpetual Peace Immanuel Kant p. 432
From The Metaphysical Elements of Right Immanuel Kant p. 450
8 State and nation in nineteenth-century international political theory p. 457
From Elements of the Philosophy of Right G. W. F. Hegel p. 470
From On the Duties of Man G. Mazzini p. 476
From "A Few Words on Non-Intervention" John Stuart Mill p. 486
From Politics H. Von Treitschke p. 494
From "Patriotism in the Perfect State" B. Bosanquet p. 506
9 International relations and industrial society p. 519
From The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith p. 532
From "On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation" David Ricardo p. 535
From The Political Writings of Richard Cobden Richard Cobden p. 538
From The National System of Political Economy p. 550
From Finance Capital Rudolf Hilferding p. 561
From "The Communist Manifesto" Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels p. 572
From "The Sociology of Imperialisms" Joseph Schumpeter p. 575
List of references p. 585
Index p. 596