Title: The Irony of Virtue
First published: 1997
Description: In this first-ever anthology of his most important work, Lefever takes a bold and lively march through the second half of the twentieth century. As an acute participant-observer who cares deeply about peace, freedom, and human dignity, Lefever became a neoconservative twenty years before Irving Kristol coined the term. For this volume, Lefever selected forty of his most influential essays from some 500 published pieces.

They reveal his dramatic transformation from a liberal pacifist during World War II to a human realist.
Subjects: Foreign relations, International relations, Moral and ethical aspects, Moral and ethical aspects of International relations, Political ethics, Ethics, United states, politics and government, 1945-1953, United states, politics and government, 1989-, Power (social sciences)
Places: United States
LC classification: JZ1480 .L44 1997