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Of Paradise and Power

America and Europe in the New World Order

by Robert Kagan
Robertson Dean
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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 II, 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.

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    January 27, 2004

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      • ISBN: 9781415952726
      • File size: 80035 KB
      • Duration: 02:46:44

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    • English

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    • AudioFile Magazine
      America and Europe are not simply physically separate; their views on world events are equally disparate. According to Robert Kagan, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the United States essentially has carte blanche to pursue its global interests because America looks at world affairs based upon its military strength, while Europeans, who are relatively powerless, prefer diplomacy. These differing perspectives form the basis for Kagan's essay and explain, for example, why France and much of Europe opposed using military force to oust Saddam Hussein's regime. Robertson Dean reads Kagan's thought-provoking essay expertly; it is like listening to a good lecture. Dean uses the tone of a learned professor and, although the material is weighty, his measured pace allows the listener to absorb the material easily. D.J.S. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine

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