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1、THERETURNOFHISTORYANDTHEENDOFDREAMSAUTHOROFOFPARADISEANDPOWERU.S.A.$19.95CANADA$22.95HOPESforanewpeacefulinternationalorderaftertheendoftheColdWarhavebeendashedbysoberingrealities:Greatpowersareonceagaincompetingforhonorandinfluence.Nation-statesremainasstrongasever
2、,asdotheold,explosiveforcesofambitiousnationalism.Theworldremains"unipolar,"butinternationalcompetitionamongtheUnitedStates,Russia,China,Europe,Japan,India,andIranraisenewthreatsofregionalconflict.Communismisdead,butanewcontestbetweenwesternliberalismandthegreateast
3、ernautocraciesofRussiaandChinahasreinjectedideologyintogeopolitics.Finally,radicalIslamistsarewagingaviolentstruggleagainstthemodernsecularculturesandpowersthat,intheirview,havedominated,penetrated,andpollutedtheirIslamicworld.ThegrandexpectationthataftertheColdWart
4、heworldwouldenteraneraofinternationalgeopoliticalconvergencehasprovenwrong.Forthepastfewyears,theliberalworldhasbeeninternallydividedanddistractedbyissuesbothprofoundandpetty.Now,inTheReturnofHistoryandtheEndofDreams,RobertKaganmasterfullyposesthemostimportantquesti
5、onsfacingtheliberaldemocraticcountries,challengingthemtochoosewhethertheywanttoshapehistoryorletothersshapeitforthem.ROBERTKAGANisseniorassociateattheCarnegieEndowmentforInternationalPeace,TransatlanticFellowattheGermanMarshallFund,andacolumnistforTheWashingtonPost.
6、HeisalsotheauthorofATwilightStruggle:AmericanPowerandNicaragua,1977-1990,andeditor,withWilliamKristol,ofPresentDangers:CrisisandOpportunityinAmericanForeignandDefensePolicy.KaganservedintheStateDepartmentfrom1984to1988.HelivesinBrusselswithhisfamily.RobertKagan'sDan
7、gerousNationandOfParadiseandPowerareavailableinVintagepaperback.JacketdesignbyCarolDevineCarsonALFREDA.KNOPF,PUBLISHER,NEWYORKwww.aaknopf.comADVANCEPRAISEFORTHERETURNOFHISTORYANDTHEENDOFDREAMS"Inthisimportant,timely,andsuperblywrittenbook,RobertKaganshowsthatthe'end
8、ofhistory'wasanillusion.Today'sglobalchallengesposeasterntestfortheworld'sdemocracies.Thisbookisawake-upcallandshouldbereadbypolicymakers,
