{"product_id":"the-tragic-mind-fear-fate-and-the-burden-of-power-hardcover","title":"The Tragic Mind: Fear, Fate, and the Burden of Power - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert D. Kaplan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moving meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens of ancient and modern tragedy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Spare, elegant and poignant. . . . If there is a single contemporary book that should be pressed into the hands of those who decide issues of war and peace, this is it.\"--John Gray, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"It is tragic that Robert D. Kaplan's luminous \u003ci\u003eThe Tragic Mind\u003c\/i\u003e is so urgently needed.\"--George F. Will \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Some books emerge from a lifetime of hard-won knowledge. Robert D. Kaplan has learned, from a career spent reporting on wars, revolutions, and international politics in Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia, that the essence of geopolitics is tragedy. In \u003ci\u003eThe Tragic Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, he employs the works of ancient Greek dramatists, Shakespeare, German philosophers, and the modern classics to explore the central subjects of international politics: order, disorder, rebellion, ambition, loyalty to family and state, violence, and the mistakes of power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The great dilemmas of international politics, he argues, are not posed by good versus evil--a clear and easy choice--but by contests of good versus good, where the choices are often searing, incompatible, and fraught with consequences. A deeply learned and deeply felt meditation on the importance of lived experience in conducting international relations, this is a book for everyone who wants a profound understanding of the tragic politics of our time.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert D. Kaplan\u003c\/b\u003e, the Robert Strausz-Hupé Chair in Geopolitics at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, was twice named one of the world's \"Top 100 Global Thinkers\" by \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e. A reporter with decades of experience writing for \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, he has written twenty-one books, including \u003ci\u003eAdriatic\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Good American\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Revenge of Geography\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAsia's Cauldron\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMonsoon\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Coming Anarchy\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eBalkan Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e. He has served on the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board and the U.S. Navy's Executive Panel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.58 x 5.67 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765777596704,"sku":"9780300263862","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6c496fc7aa188622e38e6bdea51f666b.webp?v=1780279727","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-tragic-mind-fear-fate-and-the-burden-of-power-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}