Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - International Relations, Mutual Assured Destruction
29 Apr 2013
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The origins of international relations usually begins with an account of the great war (1914-18)- so horrific believed it was the war to end all wars: horrific slaughter of an entire generation (of predominantly young men) In the wake of the second world war, ir scholars continued to focus on the nature of international and inter-state relations, in their endeavours to understand the causes of war. Renewed efforts to organise the peace, with the birth of the united nations 1945: however the mood at this time was less optimistic: germany almost completely destroyed, Britain and france required major assistance to rebuild their shattered economies and physical infrastructure, the usa and ussr emerged as superpowers On may 8, 1945 the war in euope had officially ended. Discourse: the use of language to construct meanings. More specifically discourse refers to relatively "bounded" areas of social knowledge.
