Of Paradise and Power: America vs. Europe in the New World Order (With a New Afterword)

Feb 4, 2004

The widening military gap between Europe and the United States has an unavoidable effect, says Robert Kagan. "It is a natural human phenomenon that if you have more power, you are more likely to use it. When you have less power, you are less likely to use it, and also less likely to consider it a legitimate activity."

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