This study fills a notable gap in the history of political thought.

Originally published in 1978, this book examines how the states-system grew over generations, first within Europe, then world wide and how the idea of the state

An original work on the important idea of reason of state and British and imperial history and constitutional theory.

Niccolò Machiavelli's seminal work, The Prince, argued that a ruler could not govern morally and be successful. Giovanni Botero disputed this argument and prop