The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities is a 2018 book by the American political scientist John Mearsheimer. The book is about international relations and contrasts realism with the idealism that is part of the United States' ruling ideology, arguing that the latter is unsustainable and deteriorates the liberalism its defenders promote.[1][2][3]
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