"An incisive, elegantly written, new book about America\'s unique role in the world." --Tom Friedman , The New York Times A brilliant and visionary argument for America\'s role as an enforcer of peace and order throughout the world--and what is likely to happen if we withdraw and focus our attention inward.
He lives in Virginia with his wife..
State Department from 1984 to 1988.
He served in the U.
S.
He is also the author of The Return of History and the End of Dreams, Dangerous Nation, Of Paradise and Power, and A Twilight Struggle.
About the Author: Robert Kagan is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a columnist for The Washington Post.
A true realism, he argues, is based on the understanding that the historical norm has always been toward chaos--that the Jungle will grow back, if we let it.
Kagan makes clear how the "realist" impulse to recognize our limitations and focus on our failures misunderstands the essential role America has played for decades in keeping the world\'s worst instability in check.
Like a Jungle that keeps growing back after being cut down, the World has always been full of dangerous actors who, left unchecked, possess the desire and ability to make things worse.
In this powerful, urgent essay, Robert Kagan elucidates the reasons why American withdrawal would be the worst possible response, based as it is on a fundamental and dangerous misreading of the world.
American sentiment seems to be leaning increasingly toward withdrawal in the face of such disarray.
Recent years have brought deeply disturbing developments around the globe. "An incisive, elegantly written, new book about America\'s unique role in the world." --Tom Friedman , The New York Times A brilliant and visionary argument for America\'s role as an enforcer of peace and order throughout the world--and what is likely to happen if we withdraw and focus our attention inward
