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040			_aBTCTA _cBTCTA _dAE-DuAU _beng
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050	0	0	_aD860.K335 2008
090			_aD 860 .K335 2008
100	1		_aKagan, Robert. _911436 _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe return of history and the end of dreams / _cby Robert Kagan.
250			_aFirst edition.
264			_aNew York, NY : _bKnopf, _c2008
300			_a115 pages : _c20 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_aHopes for a new peaceful international order after the end of the Cold War have been dashed by sobering realities: Great powers are once again competing for honor and influence. Nation-states remain as strong as ever, as do the old, explosive forces of ambitious nationalism. The world remains unipolar, but international competition among the United States, Russia, China, Europe, Japan, India, and Iran raise new threats of regional conflict. Communism is dead, but a new contest between western liberalism and the great eastern autocracies of Russia and China has reinjected ideology into geopolitics. Finally, radical Islamists are waging a violent struggle against the modern secular cultures and powers that, in their view, have dominated, penetrated, and polluted their Islamic world. The grand expectation that after the Cold War the world would enter an era of international geopolitical convergence has proven wrong. For the past few years, the liberal world has been internally divided and distracted by issues both profound and petty. Now, inThe Return of History and the End ofDreams, Robert Kagan masterfully poses the most important questions facing the liberal democratic countries, challenging them to choose whether they want to shape history or let others shape it for them._ provided by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
650		0	_aWorld politics _y1989- _990789
650		7	_aWorld politics _y1991- _2sears _990791
650		7	_aWorld history _y21st century. _2sears _990793
942			_cBOOK _2lcc
999			_c22906 _d22906