Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The ambivalence of ancient friendship -- 2. Early modern friendship : politics and law -- 3. The ethics of friendship in early European diplomacy -- 4. Turning friendship into a moral prescription : conceptual change in modernity -- 5. The unknown friendship of the modern international order -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
This is a study of friendship in international politics. It offers the history of friendship, and shows the role of friendship in building various legal and political orders on both equal and unequal terms. Told through an examination of sources ranging from diplomatic letters and bilateral treaties to poems and philosophical treatises
