ABSTRACT
The pervasiveness and persistence of the interwar teaching was such that still at the end of the Second World War the policy of the United States, quite unrelated to reality, was based on the premise that the new international organization, depending on unanimity among the victorious great powers, would make provision for national military defense unnecessary. The heritage of our culture has entered into Hans J. Morgenthau’s understanding of international politics, which is why, comprehending them as a whole, including their human nature, he understands them so much better than those who know nothing else. The pervasiveness and persistence of the interwar teaching was such that still at the end of the Second World War the policy of the United States, quite unrelated to reality, was based on the premise that the new international organization, depending on unanimity among the victorious great powers, would make provision for national military defense unnecessary.
