PSCI 1200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Immanuel Kant, Siege Of Melos, Perpetual Peace

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Emergence of the state- the church weakened separation of church and the state, king henry, Monarch expanded their power to larger and larger territories. The thirty years war- 1648 germany peace of westphalia. Thirty years" war between catholic states and protestant states in western and central europe, established our modern international system. It declared that the sovereign leader of each nation-state could do as she or he wished within its borders and established the state as the main actor in global politics instead of empires. Briefly discuss the main ideas of the following people: thucydides, sun tzu, clausewitz, machiavelli, thomas hobbes and immanuel kant. Thucydides- the history of the peloponnesian war between athens and sparta. talked about origins of war, important of power and states having to watch other states. Melian dialogue island of milos wanted to stay neutral between the war of athens and sparta. Sun tzu- wrote the art of war certain way of conducting war.