Description From climate change to nuclear war to the rise of demagogic populists, our world is shaped by doomsday expectations.
Niccol Machiavelli in the midst of Italy\'s vicious power struggles, Thomas Hobbes during England\'s bloody civil war, and Hans Morgenthau at the dawn of the thermonuclear age all saw the temptation to prophesy the end of days..
In this path-breaking book, Alison McQueen shows why three of history\'s greatest Political realists feared Apocalyptic politics.
Description From climate change to nuclear war to the rise of demagogic populists, our world is shaped by doomsday expectations