Robert Kagan is a senior fellow with the Project on International Order and Strategy in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution and a columnist for The Washington Post. 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. He served in the U.S. State Department from 1984 to 1988. He lives with his wife and two children.
“Kagan is an ideal position to dissect what is wrong in the United
States-European relationship and why. He does so with a surgeon’s
skill, stripping away layer after layer to reveal what in the end
is a remarkable conclusion.” —The New York Times
“A compact and arresting book. . . . Highly readable. It is also a
hard-hitting, unsentimental and yet liberal and humane manifesto.”
—The Sunday Times (London)
“Lucid and elegant. . . . It is hard to imagine any future serious
discussion of trans-Atlantic relations or America’s role in the
world without reference to [Of Paradise and Power].” —The New York
Times Book Review
“Kagan is one of America’s finest commentators on issues of foreign
policy. He writes elegantly, has an excellent command of history
and consistently demonstrates superior intelligence and insight. .
. . This book could not have been more timely.” —Los Angeles Times
Book Review
“I consider this one of those seminal treatises without which any
discussion of European-American relations would be incomplete and
which will shape that discussion for years to come.” —Dr. Henry
Kissinger
“A book worthy of every thinking person on both sides of the
Atlantic. It is hard to imagine so complex a subject being
explained so clearly and so compellingly . . . A contribution
unlikely to be equaled.” —Times Higher Education Supplement
(London)“For its brilliant juxtaposition of strategy and
philosophy, of the realities of power and the ethics of power, of
the American ideal of justice and the European ideal of peace,
Robert Kagan's small book is a big book. Nothing like this has been
written since the death of Raymond Aron.” —Leon Weiseltier
“Subtle and brilliant.”—The New Republic
“Cogent and important best describe this slim book, its lack of
vast pages belying the weightiness of its message. . . .
Controversial arguments, certainly, but this book deserves to be
read by all conscientious citizens.” —Booklist (starred review)
“[Has] the foreign policy establishment humming from Washington to
Tokyo. . . . It is being called the new 'X' article."—Washington
Post
“A cogent new book. . . . Kagan is admirably even–handed.... [His]
analysis is valuable and instructive.” —Detroit Free Press
“Kagan’s provocative and thoughtful essay is required reading for
everyone concerned about the future of transatlantic relations. . .
. Although not everyone will agree with Kagan’s analysis, readers
will benefit from its clarity, insight and historical force.”
—Senator John McCain
“A subtle and empathetic analysis. . . . Insightful.” —The Seattle
Times
“‘Americans are from Mars and Europeans are from Venus’, writes
Robert Kagan in the first paragraph of his new book. . . . That's
probably the best one–liner any foreign policy intellectual has
offered to explain perennial transatlantic disputes over the
exercise of power in international relations. . . . Well–argued. .
. .Truly insightful.” —New York Observer
“[Kagan writes with] skill, erudition, and reasoned argument.”
—National Review
“Anyone looking for an intellectual primer to explain the
geopolitical forces at work in the Iraqi conflict should order a
copy of Robert Kagan's Of Paradise And Power.” —Sunday Telegraph
(London)
“This refreshing essay results from careful thought combined with
critical information. Read it and you will think more deeply about
this important arena.”—George P. Shultz, Distinguished Fellow at
the Hoover Institution, Stanford University
“Brilliant.” —Francis Fukuyama
“The democratic West has divided into two: realist America, putting
its trust in physical power, and idealist Europe, trusting to
intellectual authority and multilateralism. It is true that, as Mr.
Kagan makes clear, American foreign policy retains a strong
idealist element, but it is its muscular willingness to act with
force, alone if it must, that Mr. Kagan defends here, and
convincingly.” —The Wall Street Journal
“Kagan describes [the current climate] with dispassionate and
deadly accuracy.”—The Washington Times
“Slender but brilliant.” —Business Week
"Kagan is an ideal position to dissect what is wrong in the United
States-European relationship and why. He does so with a surgeon's
skill, stripping away layer after layer to reveal what in the end
is a remarkable conclusion." -The New York Times
"A compact and arresting book. . . . Highly readable. It is also a
hard-hitting, unsentimental and yet liberal and humane manifesto."
-The Sunday Times (London)
"Lucid and elegant. . . . It is hard to imagine any future serious
discussion of trans-Atlantic relations or America's role in the
world without reference to [Of Paradise and Power]." -The
New York Times Book Review
"Kagan is one of America's finest commentators on issues of
foreign policy. He writes elegantly, has an excellent command of
history and consistently demonstrates superior intelligence and
insight. . . . This book could not have been more timely." -Los
Angeles Times Book Review
"I consider this one of those seminal treatises without which any
discussion of European-American relations would be incomplete and
which will shape that discussion for years to come." -Dr. Henry
Kissinger
"A book worthy of every thinking person on both sides of the
Atlantic. It is hard to imagine so complex a subject being
explained so clearly and so compellingly . . . A contribution
unlikely to be equaled." -Times Higher Education Supplement
(London)"For its brilliant juxtaposition of strategy and
philosophy, of the realities of power and the ethics of power, of
the American ideal of justice and the European ideal of peace,
Robert Kagan's small book is a big book. Nothing like this has been
written since the death of Raymond Aron." -Leon Weiseltier
"Subtle and brilliant."-The New Republic
"Cogent and important best describe this slim book,
its lack of vast pages belying the weightiness of its message. . .
. Controversial arguments, certainly, but this book deserves to be
read by all conscientious citizens." -Booklist (starred
review)
"[Has] the foreign policy establishment humming from Washington to
Tokyo. . . . It is being called the new 'X' article."-Washington
Post
"A cogent new book. . . . Kagan is admirably
even-handed.... [His] analysis is valuable and instructive."
-Detroit Free Press
"Kagan's provocative and thoughtful essay is required
reading for everyone concerned about the future of transatlantic
relations. . . . Although not everyone will agree with Kagan's
analysis, readers will benefit from its clarity, insight and
historical force." -Senator John McCain
"A subtle and empathetic analysis. . . . Insightful." -The
Seattle Times
"'Americans are from Mars and Europeans are from Venus',
writes Robert Kagan in the first paragraph of his new book. . . .
That's probably the best one-liner any foreign policy intellectual
has offered to explain perennial transatlantic disputes over the
exercise of power in international relations. . . . Well-argued. .
. .Truly insightful." -New York Observer
"[Kagan writes with] skill, erudition, and reasoned
argument." -National Review
"Anyone looking for an intellectual primer to explain the
geopolitical forces at work in the Iraqi conflict should order a
copy of Robert Kagan's Of Paradise And Power." -Sunday
Telegraph (London)
"This refreshing essay results from careful thought combined with
critical information. Read it and you will think more deeply about
this important arena."-George P. Shultz, Distinguished Fellow at
the Hoover Institution, Stanford University
"Brilliant." -Francis Fukuyama
"The democratic West has divided into two: realist America, putting
its trust in physical power, and idealist Europe, trusting to
intellectual authority and multilateralism. It is true that, as Mr.
Kagan makes clear, American foreign policy retains a strong
idealist element, but it is its muscular willingness to act with
force, alone if it must, that Mr. Kagan defends here, and
convincingly." -The Wall Street Journal
"Kagan describes [the current climate] with dispassionate
and deadly accuracy."-The Washington Times
"Slender but brilliant." -Business Week
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