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1、theworldamericamadeandflaws,isallthemoreremarkable.Thegreatmaster-mindofGermanysunification,OttovonBismarck,issupposedtohavesaidthatGodlooksoutfordrunkards,fools,andtheUnitedStatesofAmerica.PerhapsthatextendstotheworldorderthatAmericanshavebuiltandmaintained,almostdespitethemselves.t
2、heworldamericamadeTheironyisthatthepeculiarblendofqualitiesthatAmericanshavedisplayed,notallofthemadmirable,notallofthemnoble,andnotallofthemobvioustraitsofeffectiveleadership,haveneverthelessbeenastrangekindofassettoAmericanforeignpolicy.ForwhileitistruethattheUnitedStateshasbeena
3、powerfulifunpredict-ableandoftenunwittingagentofchangeintheworldadangerousnationtheambivalenceoftheAmericanpeopleaswellastheirlackofself-awarenesshasparadoxi-callymadetheirawesomepowerlessthreateningthanitmightbe.Americanswouldbescarieriftheyactuallyhadaplan.Theirverydistractedness
4、,theirevidentdesiretoholdthemselvesapartfromtheworldevenastheyshapeitwiththeirpower,makesthemanoftenfrustratingally,aconfusingadversary,butalsoalessimposing,lessfrighteninghegemon.ThesequalitiesprovedindispensablemorethansixdecadesagowhentheUnitedStateslaidthemainfoun-dationfortoda
5、ysliberalworldorderbycementingitseconomicandstrategicalliancewithEurope.Itiseasytoforget,nowthatEuropeissupposedlypasséandweveKKaga_9780307961310_2p_all_r1.m.indd16aga_9780307961310_2p_all_r1.m.indd1611/6/123:20PM/6/123:20PM17enteredtheAsiancentury,thattheworldweknowtodaythepolitic
6、al,economic,andstrategicorderinwhichAsiaitselfhasprosperedwasbornatoptherub-bleofEuropeafterWorldWarII.AnditwasbornonlybecausetheUnitedStatessuppliedanovelsolutiontoEuropesinsolubleproblem.TheEuropeanpowersafterthemid-nineteenthcen-turyhadfallenintoatragicsyndromefromwhichtheywereu
7、nabletoextricatethemselves.Toomanystrongandambitiouspowersweretooclosetooneanothertoofferanyofthemameasureofsecurity.TheEuropeanbalanceofpowerhadworkedforstretchesoftime,butithadalsofailedperiodicallyandcatastrophically.Between1850and1945,FranceandGermany(orPrussiainthefirstinstance
8、)wenttowarthreetimesin1870
