Buy the paperback book the myth of 1648 class geopolitics and the making of modern international relations by benno teschke at indigoca canadas largest bookstore free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. The myth of 1648 class geopolitics and the making of modern international relations by benno teschke 2009 10 13 books amazonca. The myth of 1648 class geopolitics and the making of modern international relations 2nd edition by teschke benno 2009 paperback books amazonca. The treaty of westphalia in 1648 is widely interpreted as the foundation of modern international relations benno teschke exposes this as a myth in the process he provides a fresh re interpretation of the making of modern international relations from the eighth to the eighteenth century. The myth of 1648 argues that the onset of specifically modern international relations only began with the conjunction of the rise of capitalism and modern state formation in england thereafter the english model caused the restructuring of the old regimes of the continent