How Long to Read Traditions and Values in Politics and Diplomacy

How Long Does it Take to Read Traditions and Values in Politics and Diplomacy?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Traditions and Values in Politics and Diplomacy by Kenneth W. Thompson

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Description

In this informed and comprehensive assessment of current issues in international politics, Kenneth W. Thompson addresses the role that traditions and values play in shaping change and in helping us to understand its implications. He challenges the idea that the enormous changes in contemporary national and international life have rendered the consideration of traditions and values obsolete. Thompson's purpose is to illuminate the problems we face and to set forth general principles directed toward an informing theory on traditions and values as they affect politics and diplomacy, while at the same time warning of the pitfalls and limitations of theory. In the first section of the book, Thompson draws on classical and Judaeo-Christian traditions in defining the relationship between philosophy, religion, and politics. He then examines the application of abstract values to such political realities as national interest, and goes on to consider the question of moral values in international diplomacy and politics. In a series of case studies, Thompson reflects on human rights, disarmament and arms control, and human survival. Maintaining that the implementation of traditions and values is sometimes uniquely the task of the American presidency, he studies the administrations of four postwar presidents--Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard M. Nixon--in the light of the executives' attitudes toward ethics and politics. Finally, Thompson considers the implications of national decline and the breakdown of international order for the future of the United States. The vast knowledge of international affairs and of the literature of politics that Kenneth W. Thompsonbrings to this timely and reflective book makes it exceptionally readable as well as intellectually challenging.

How long is Traditions and Values in Politics and Diplomacy?

Traditions and Values in Politics and Diplomacy by Kenneth W. Thompson is 372 pages long, and a total of 93,744 words.

This makes it 126% the length of the average book. It also has 115% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Traditions and Values in Politics and Diplomacy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 32 minutes to read Traditions and Values in Politics and Diplomacy aloud.

What Reading Level is Traditions and Values in Politics and Diplomacy?

Traditions and Values in Politics and Diplomacy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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