Torbjørn L. Knutsen is Professor in International Relations at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Introduction
Part I: Preludes
1. Gods, sinners and the origins of IR theory
2. Renaissance politics: the roots of the Modern Ages
Part II: The modern ages
3. Reformation politics: guns, ships and printing presses
4. Absolutist politics: the growth of the interstate system
5. Enlightenment politics: the rise of popular sovereignty
6. Ideological politics: systems of thought and mass participation
Part III: The contemporary age
7. Intermezzo: becoming contemporary
8. World War I, the League and the twenty-years' crisis
9. World War II, UN and a new world order
10. The rivals: the early cold war and the heyday of Realism
11. The thaw and the Third World
12. Arms races and revolutions
13. The turn and the twist
Part IV: The science of International Relations
14. Unipolar world?
15. A Science of International Relations?
Bibliography
Index