Robert D. Kaplan is the bestselling author of twenty books on foreign affairs and travel translated into many languages, including Adriatic, The Good American, The Revenge of Geography, Asia’s Cauldron, Monsoon, The Coming Anarchy, and Balkan Ghosts. He holds the Robert Strausz-Hupé Chair in Geopolitics at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. For three decades he reported on foreign affairs for The Atlantic. He was a member of the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board and the U.S. Navy’s Executive Panel. Foreign Policy magazine twice named him one of the world’s “Top 100 Global Thinkers.”
“Artful and intelligent . . . . Kaplan's book has made its own
mark. . . I am able to feel the sense of an exotic and timeless
part of the world.”
— Bob Hoover, Pittsburg Post-Gazette
“[Kaplan] helps the distant past resonate today. . . . [He] teaches
lessons that are informative and concise.” –The Washington Post
Book World
“A writer of extraordinary intellect and passion . . . with a
wonderfully lucid way of relating history as a living thing.” –San
Francisco Chronicle
“Erudite and intrepid. . . . [Kaplan] is a deft guide to wherever
he chooses to lead you.” –The New York Times
Kaplan, the best-selling author of Balkan Ghosts and Warrior Politics, who is known as an "influential commentator on world affairs" but also a "travel writer from hell," writes of his trips to the Mediterranean region from the 1970s until the 1990s. Combining several trips into one narrative, he describes his life-changing adventures in Tunisia, Sicily, Greece, and Dalmatia (which was then part of Yugoslavia) and provides the framework for the stories of regional history. Unlike his well-known writings on world affairs, which are reflective of decades of reporting on ethnic and political struggles, this book covers the popular ancient history of a region and offers detailed discussions of its mythology and religions. Though it doesn't have the import of Balkan Ghosts, this makes for entertaining and informative reading. Appropriate for public library and larger academic library collections. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 10/1/03.]-Sheila Kasperek, Mansfield Univ. Lib., PA Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
"Artful and intelligent . . . . Kaplan's book has made its own
mark. . . I am able to feel the sense of an exotic and timeless
part of the world."
- Bob Hoover, Pittsburg Post-Gazette
"[Kaplan] helps the distant past resonate today. . . . [He] teaches
lessons that are informative and concise." -The Washington Post
Book World
"A writer of extraordinary intellect and passion . . . with a
wonderfully lucid way of relating history as a living thing."
-San Francisco Chronicle
"Erudite and intrepid. . . . [Kaplan] is a deft guide to wherever
he chooses to lead you." -The New York Times
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