Download or read book Confessions of a Recovering Realist written by Lee Ryan Miller and published by Author House. This book was released on 2004-10-07 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Realist theory has dominated the study of international relations for more than half a century. In this provocative book, Lee Ryan Miller demonstrates that each of the fundamental assumptions of realism is seriously flawed. Then he pulls together the strands of a number of phenomena that cannot be explained by realism the development of the European Union, the phenomenon of "democratic peace," and the economic success of democratic states to develop a liberal theory of international relations.