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Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order 
Author(s) Robert Kagan Country United States Language English Subject(s) Euro-American relations, Foreign policy of the United States Genre(s) Nonfiction Publisher Alfred A. Knopf Publication date 2003 Media type Hardcover ISBN 9781400040933 OCLC Number 51274548 Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order is an essay by Robert Kagan which attempts to explicate the differing approaches that the United States and the nations of Europe take towards the conduct of foreign policy. Kagan argues that the two have different philosophical outlooks on the use of power, which are the natural consequence of the United States' possession of power and the Europeans' lack of it.
Initially published in Policy Review magazine, the essay was widely read and the subject of extensive debate and commentary in both America and Europe. In terms of its impact, it was compared by reviewers to Francis Fukuyama's The End of History, Samuel P. Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations, and even the X Article.[1]
Of Paradise and Power was a bestseller in multiple countries. It was a New York Times bestseller for ten weeks. It was also a bestseller in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, and Canada. It has been translated into more than 25 languages.[2]
Notes
- ^ Schemann, Serge (2003-03-30). "Some are Cooks, Some Are Dishwashers". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/30/books/some-are-cooks-some-are-dishwashers.html. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
- ^ "Robert Kagan - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace". carnegieendowment.org. http://carnegieendowment.org/experts/index.cfm?fa=expert_view&expert_id=16. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
Further reading
- G. John Ikenberry, Reviewed work(s): Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order by Robert Kagan, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 82, No. 2 (Mar. - Apr., 2003), pp. 145-146, Published by: Council on Foreign Relations, Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20033516
- Tod Lindberg, ed (2004-11-10). Beyond Paradise and Power. Routledge. pp. 256. ISBN 978-0415950503.
External links
Categories:- 2003 books
- American non-fiction books
- Books about United States foreign relations
- Books about international relations
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