Books by Robert Kagan
Dangerous Nation
by Robert Kagan
Kagan suggests that the Bush administration responded to 9/11 in a way that flowed from a very deep tradition going back to the 19th century
The Return of History and the End of Dreams
by Robert Kagan
Kagan sees the battle-lines of the 21st century drawn between highly successful autocracies and highly ineffective democracies. The relief is that finally it told me that this whole obsession that pitted Islam against modernity and wanted to see Islam as the Manichean double, as the opposite of the West, has flown. That idea is no longer as powerful as it was. It is a sign that the debate has moved on – perhaps we should also thank the recession. We now have more pressing problems to think about.
Interviews where books by Robert Kagan were recommended
The best books on Islam and Modernity, recommended by Turi Munthe
CEO and founder of Demotix, the multiple-awardwinning open newswire, discusses five books on Islam and Modernity and the politicisation of Islam in the last decade.
The best books on Post-9/11 America, recommended by Peter Beinart
The neoconservative view that the US has a special mission in the world was supercharged by 9/11. There was also a sense that 9/11 could make America better. Sadly it didn’t work out that way, says Peter Beinart
