Dangerous Nation
Oct 2006 · Dangerous Nation Trilogy Book 1 · Vintage
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Most Americans believe the United States had been an isolationist power until the twentieth century. This is wrong. In a riveting and brilliantly revisionist work of history, Robert Kagan, bestselling author of Of Paradise and Power, shows how Americans have in fact steadily been increasing their global power and influence from the beginning. Driven by commercial, territorial, and idealistic ambitions, the United States has always perceived itself, and been seen by other nations, as an international force. This is a book of great importance to our understanding of our nation’s history and its role in the global community.
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June 8, 2011
A very compelling revisionist history of America. Kagan claims that America has always been seen as an aggressive and dangerous nation (hence the title!). He backs it up and I'm inclined to believe him. Should be required reading for all Americans - makes the fact that we're currently embroiled in 3 wars a lot easier to understand and trace back to historical origins.
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Robert Kagan is senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he is director of the U.S. Leadership Project. He is the author of A Twilight Struggle: American Power and Nicaragua, 1977-1990 and coeditor with William Kristol, of Present Dangers: Crisis and Opportunity in American Foreign and Defense Policy. Kagan served in the State Department from 1984-1988. He lives in Brussels with his wife and two children.
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