Of paradise and power - Robert Kagan

From Robert Kagan, a leading scholar of American foreign policy, comes an insightful analysis of the state of European and American foreign relations. At a time when relations between the United States and Europe are at their lowest
ebb since World War II, this brief but cogent book is essential reading. Kagan forces both sides to see themselves
through the eyes of the other.
Europe, he argues, has moved beyond power into a
self-contained world of laws, rules, and negotiation, while America operates in a
"Hobbesian" world where rules and laws are unreliable and military force is often
necessary.

Tracing how this state of affairs came into being over the past fifty
years and fearlessly exploring its ramifications for the future, Kagan reveals the
shape of the new transatlantic relationship.
The result is a book that promises
to be as enduringly influential as Samuel Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order.