{"title":"Robert Kagan","description":"Robert Kagan is a senior fellow 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 in Virginia with his wife.","products":[{"product_id":"the-jungle-grows-back-america-and-our-imperiled-world-paperback","title":"The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRecent years have brought deeply disturbing developments around the globe. American sentiment seems to be leaning increasingly toward withdrawal in the face of such disarray. 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. 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. 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. 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.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366007374047,"sku":"9780525563570","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/F8-mkyX2bz9780525563570.webp?v=1789077288"},{"product_id":"rebellion-donald-trump-and-the-antiliberal-tradition-in-america-paperback","title":"Rebellion: Donald Trump and the Antiliberal Tradition in America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCould the 2024 election have been the last free election held in a unified America? - \"A dire warning of the right's drift towards authoritarianism.\" --\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in the run-up to Donald Trump's victory, \u003ci\u003eRebellion\u003c\/i\u003e sounded a chilling and clear-eyed warning about the threats posed to American democracy by the increasingly radicalized Republican Party. With the Trump administration in place, and attempting a systematic dismantling of the traditionally liberal principles on which America was founded, Robert Kagan's lessons and insights have become only more urgent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKagan dives deeper than the op-eds and think pieces to explore the historical forces that brought us to a second Trump term--in particular the long history of opposition to liberalism, and to government, that has shaped America's character from the time of the Revolution to today. Trump's unique capacity to tap into that tradition of dissent and circumvent the American system has brought us to the edge of dissolution--not for the first time in our history but possibly the last. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebellion\u003c\/i\u003e is an elegant and deeply informed synthesis of history, contemporary politics, and ideas that sheds light on this crucial moment.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368751300831,"sku":"9780593469552","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/qXgZf4qM2Y9780593469552.webp?v=1789132347"},{"product_id":"the-world-america-made-paperback","title":"The World America Made - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Kagan, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOf Paradise and Power\u003c\/i\u003e and one of the country's most influential strategic thinkers, reaffirms the importance of United States's global leadership in this timely and important book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUpon its initial publication, \u003ci\u003eThe World America Made\u003c\/i\u003e became one of the most talked about political books of the year, influencing Barack Obama's 2012 State of the Union address and shaping the thought of both the Obama and Romney presidential campaigns. In these incisive and engaging pages, Kagan responds to those who anticipate--or even long for--a post-American world order by showing what a decline in America's influence would truly mean for the United States and the rest of the world, as the vital institutions, economies, and ideals currently supported by American power wane or disappear. As Kagan notes, it has happened before: one need only to consider the consequences of the breakdown of the Roman Empire and the collapse of the European order in World War I. This book is a powerful warning that America need not and dare not decline by committing preemptive superpower suicide.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378775949535,"sku":"9780345802712","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/1HYB0HTphF9780345802712.webp?v=1789261712"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/robert-kagan.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}