Of Paradise and Power by Robert Kagan

Of Paradise and Power by Robert Kagan

From Robert Kagan, a leading scholar of American foreign policy, comes an insightful analysis of the state of European and American foreign relations. At a time when relations between the United States and Europe are at their lowest ebb since World War I, this brief but cogent book is essential reading. Kagan forces both sides to see themselves through the eyes of the other. Europe, he argues, has moved beyond power into a self-contained world of laws, rules, and negotiation, while America operates in a Hobbesian world where rules and laws are unreliable and military force is often necessary.

Tracing how this state of affairs came into being over the past fifty years and fearlessly exploring its ramifications for the future, Kagan reveals the shape of the new transatlantic relationship. The result is a book that promises to be as enduringly influential as Samuel Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order.

Robert Kagan is a columnist for the Washington Post and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. From 1984 until 1988, he worked for the US State Department. With his wife and children, he resides in Virginia.

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ISBN 13	9781400034185
ISBN 10	1400034183
Title	Of Paradise and Power
Author	Robert Kagan
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2004-01-27
Number of pages	176
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