- Professor Sharon Anderson-Gold, Department of Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

'This book is a fascinating read for all those interested in international relations and Kant's political thought. Eric Easley outlines very perceptively the history of the reception of Kant's seminal work Perpetual Peace in the English speaking world from its first translation to its present position as a foundational text in international relations. Easley focuses particularly upon the reception of the work in the twentieth century in thelight of the tumultuous ups and downs in world politics that have occurred. He employs effectively Karl Mannheim's theory of ideology to map these developments and illustrates strikingly how the influence of Kant's text ebbs and flows with the times. The book ends with a discussion of the immense influence Kant's arguments have had in the period following the collapse of Soviet Communism and suggests that Kant's stress upon the progressive role of republican governments still has a great deal to be said for it.'

- Howard Williams, Department of International Politics, University of Wales