The writings of international theorists from Thucydides to Schumpeter are represented by extracts from their major works. Representing 50 writers in all, the texts are organized in chronological order. Those included are what one would expect from a standard history of Western political thought, such as Aristotle, Marcus Aurelius, St. Augustine, Maimonides, Thomas Aquinas, Machiavelli, Alexander Hamilton, Edmund Burke, Hugo Grotius, Montesquieu, Rosseau, Hegel, John Stuart Mill, Adam Smith, David Ricardo, and Karl Marx. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)