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Synopsis
A distillation of Kaplan's most provocative ideas and a potent world view--from one of America's most controversial and influential political commentators, the bestselling author of "Balkan Ghosts."
About the Author
Robert D. Kaplan is a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly and the author of six previous books on travel and foreign affairs, translated into a dozen languages. His bestseller Balkan Ghosts was chosen by The New York Times as one of the Best Books of 1993 and by Amazon.com as one of the top ten travel books of all time. An Empire Wilderness and The Ends of the Earth were also national bestsellers; the former was chosen by The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times as Best Book of the Year. Kaplan lectures frequently to the U.S. military, was a consultant to the U.S. Army's Special Forces Regiment, and is a fellow at the New America Foundation. He has written the Introduction to the Modern Library's edition of Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim & Nostromo. Kaplan lives with his wife and son in western Massachusetts.
Table of Contents
ch. 1.Coming anarchy --ch. 2.Was Democracy just a moment --ch. 3.Idealism won't stop mass murder --ch. 4.Special intelligence --ch. 5.And now for the news: the disturbing freshness of Gibbon's Decline and fall --ch. 6.Proportionalism: a realistic approach to foreign policy --ch. 7.Kissinger, Metternich, and realism --ch. 8.Conrad's Nostromo and the Third World --ch. 9.Dangers of peace.