Of paradise and power
Subtitle: America and Europe in the new world order
By: Robert Kagan.
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
Subjects: United States -- Foreign relations -- Europe.; Europe -- Foreign relations -- United States.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.; Europe -- Foreign relations -- 1945-
Description: After years of mutual resentment and tension, there is a sudden recognition that the real interests of America and its European allies are diverging sharply and that the trans-atlantic relationship itself has changed, possibly irreversibly. Europe sees the United States as high-handed, unilateralist, and unnecessarily belligerent; the United States sees Europe as spent, unserious, and weak. The anger and mistrust on both sides are hardening into incomprehension. Author Robert Kagan reached incisively into this impasse to force both sides to see themselves through the eyes of the other. Tracing the widely differing histories of Europe and America since the end of World War II, he makes clear how for one the need to escape a bloody past has led to a new set of transnational beliefs about power and threat, while the other has evolved into the guarantor of that "postmodern paradise" by dint of its might and global reach.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"National bestseller"--Cover.