The Return of History and the End of Dreams by Robert Kagan

The Return of History and the End of Dreams by Robert Kagan

Hopes for a new peaceful international order after the end of the Cold War have been dashed by sobering realities. Great powers are once again competing for influence. International competition between the United States, Russia, China, Europe, Japan, India, and Iran raises new threats of regional conflict. The expectation that after the Cold War the world had entered an era of international convergence has proved wrong. We have entered an age of divergence. In his new book, The Return of History and the End of Dreams, Robert Kagan masterfully poses the questions facing the liberal democratic world today. For the past few years, the liberal world has been internally divided and distracted by issues both profound and petty. But now History has returned, and the peoples of the liberal world need to choose whether they want to shape it - or let others shape it for them.

'Come the hour, come the book.. it ranks with Fukuyama's The End of Civilization and Huntingdon's The Clash of Civilizations.' Raymond Seitz, The Times 'Kagan's book has already been distributed to every European Union ambassador... In the European Commission it is read as a primer to Bush administrative thinking. It is a rare achievement: a bestseller on foreign policy.' Julian Coman, Sunday Telegraph 'The most talked-about book of the year... Provocative... Paradise and Power is energising to read... Kagan's book has been taken as a wake-up call for European leaders' Mark Leonard, New Statesman 'Anyone who wants to discover how Europe's policy-makers look to Americans at this crucial moment should read this book.' Stephen Robinson, Daily Telegraph

Robert Kagan served in the State Department from 1984 to 1998. He is the author of the international bestseller Paradise & Power and is the senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He lives in Brussels with his wife and two children.

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Title	The Return of History and the End of Dreams
Author	Robert Kagan
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Atlantic Books
Year published	2008-05-01
Number of pages	128
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