1. A Voyage of Exploration 2. The British Committee on the Theory of International Politics 3. Martin Wight and the Theory of International Relations 4. Hedley Bull, States Systems and International Societies 5. The Anarchical Society in the History of International Relations: Discussions with Hedley Bull 6. Justice between States 7. The Prospects for a More Integrated International Society 8. The Practice Outruns the Theory 9. The Future of the Westphalian Antihegemonial International System 10. International Relations & the Practice of Hegemony 11. The Changing International Order 12. 1878: An Example of Collective Hegemony 13. Hegemony and History

This collection of essays records the development of Adam Watson's thinking about international theory from the 1950s to the present, exploring his contribution to, and the development of, the English School.