TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kagan,Robert
TI  - Paradise and power: America and Europe in the New World Order 
SN  - 9781843541783
AV  - 300 D 1065  K11p 2004
U1  - 327.7304 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - London, [New York]
PB  - Atlantic Books, Alfred A. Knopf
KW  - Política internacional
KW  - Postcomunismo
KW  - Europa
KW  - Imperialismo
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - United States
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Europe
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 1945-
KW  - Relaciones exteriores
N1  - Simultaneously published by Knopf under the title: Of paradise and power; Includes bibliographical references
N2  - 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.
"European leaders, increasingly disturbed by U.S. policy and actions abroad, feel they are headed for what the New York Times (July 21, 2002) describes as a "moment of truth". After years of mutual resentment and tension, there is a sudden recognition that the real interests of America and its 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." "This past summer, in Policy Review, 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 perforce evolved into the guarantor of that "post-modern paradise" by dint of its might and global reach."--BOOK JACKET
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