Not surprisingly, World War II and its immediate aftermath provided fertile ground for the reassertion and

reformulation of a realist theory in Anglo-American thinking. Even idealistically inclined analysts and there were
many who had supported the war effort for reasons of the highest moral idealism became skeptical of utopian
programs and called instead for a merger of international law and organization with effective power to ensure
international peace, the security of nations, and the equitable settlement of disputes. (Dougherty e Pfaltzgraff,
2001, p. 15).