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IrishHand
07-19-2004, 04:16 PM
I just read this book on a good friend's recommendation. I must say I found it thoroughly enlightening...not because it revealed anything that isn't common knowledge, but more in how Kagan analyzes relatively established facts to explain both American and European behavior over the past hundred plus years.

I've certainly been critical of much of the US foreign policy in recent history, but this book has done much to temper my criticism. If nothing else, I think I understand the two perspectives addressed in this book (US/Europe) a lot better from an overall perspective.

Has anyone else read this book - thoughts?

Irish