%0 Journal Article %T La influencia de la historia cl¨¢sica y la guerra antigua en el realismo pol¨ªtico estadounidense %A Horacio Carlos Cagni %J Revista Enfoques : Ciencia Pol¨ªtica y Administraci¨®n P¨²blica %D 2012 %I Universidad Central de Chile %X Political realism is a school of thought that considers power relationships as independent of the wishes, preferences and theories of actors and spectators. Historical lessons are essential to it. Mentors of American political realism retrieve classical history, particularly Thucydides¡¯ The Peloponnesian War, as a source of lessons to explain America¡¯s own procedure both in the post-Cold War, as well as in complex international relations in the present world, with its paradoxes and contradictions. %K realism %K history %K war %K Thucydides %K United States %U http://www.politicaygobierno.cl/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Enfoques-16-Influencia-historia-cl%C3%A1sica-Horacio-Cagni.pdf