Portrait of Hans J. Morgenthau by O. Donnandi.
May 12, 1991
President, Carnegie Council, 1980-1995
Former Council president Robert J. Myers discusses the legacy of Hans J. Morgenthau: his realist doctrine and its influence on American foreign policy; some enduring dilemmas of American democracy; and the the mass destruction of humanity through nuclear weapons.
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