A little over one hundred years after his birth, and not quite twenty-five years since his death, interest in the French political philosopher and sociologist Raymond Aron (1905-1983) continues to grow. Aron is now widely recognized as one of the most significant intellectual figures of the postwar period, whose wide-ranging reflections played a key part in preserving liberal democracy in Europe and abroad. His sober analyses of modern society, his trenchant critique of ideological politics and every form of totalitarianism, and his philosophical reflections on politics and history have given powerful support to democratic liberalism throughout the western world. Aron's work combines passion and observation, disinterested reflection and love of liberty in a way that is an imitable model for humane and balanced political reflection.

One: Aron's Educative Legacy; 1: Raymond Aron-Political Educator; Two: A Lifetime of Reflection; 2: Aron, Marx, and Marxism: An Interpretation; 3: Raymond Aron and Jean-Paul Sartre; 4: Aron's Clausewitz; 5: Raymond Aron and Alexis de Tocqueville; 6: Main Currents and Sociological Thought; Three: International Politics and Political History; 7: Raymond Aron and La France libre; 8: Raymond Aron and the Origins of the Cold War; 9: Raymond Aron: From the Philosophy of History to the Theory of International Relations; 10: Raymond Aron, Critic of International Law: A Reading of Peace and War; 11: The Threat of Danger: Decadence and Virtù; 12: The Anglo-American Vision of Raymond Aron: British Principles and American Practices Revisited; Four: Aron on Aron; 13: Faces of Moderation: Raymond Aron as Committed Observer; 14: An Introduction to Raymond Aron: The Political Teachings of the Memoirs; About the Authors