ABSTRACT
No book on international relations has generated more debate over the past three decades than Kenneth Waltz's Theory of International Politics (hereafter TIP) published in 1979. 2 Today, the book is widely regarded as a modern classic. 3 It continues to be extensively cited in the study of international relations by admirers as well as critics, and few university students would be able to take an introductory course on international relations without becoming acquainted with Kenneth Waltz's so-called neorealist — or structural realist — theory, although many will only learn about the theory from textbooks, often written by authors critical of Waltz's theory, and only a small minority will read the book cover-to-cover.
