PDF-[DOWNLOAD]-Earning the Rockies: How Geography Shapes America\'s Role in the World

An incisive portrait of the American landscape that shows how geography continues to determine Americas role in the worldBook Club Pick for Now Read This from PBS NewsHour and The New York Times There is more insight here into the Age of Trump than in bushels of politicalhorserace journalismThe New York Times Book Review Editors ChoiceAt a time when there is little consensus about who we are and what we should be doing with our power overseas a return to the elemental truths of the American landscape is urgently needed In Earning the Rockies New York Times bestselling author Robert D Kaplan undertakes a crosscountry journey traversing a rich and varied landscape that still remains the primary source of American power Traveling west in the same direction as the pioneers Kaplan witnesses both prosperity and decline and reexamines the history of westward expansion in a new light as a story not just of genocide and individualism but also of communalism and a respect for the limits of a waterstarved terrain Concluding at the edge of the Pacific Ocean with a gripping description of an anarchic world Earning the Rockies shows how Americas foreign policy response ought to be rooted in its own geographical situationPraise for Earning the RockiesUnflinchingly honest a lenschanging vision of Americas role in the world a jewel of a book that lights the path aheadSecretary of Defense James MattisA sui generis writer Americas East Coast establishment has only one Robert Kaplan someone as fluently knowledgeable about the Balkans Iraq Central Asia and West Africa as he is about Ohio and WyomingFinancial TimesKaplan has pursued stories in places as remote as Yemen and Outer Mongolia In Earning the Rockies he visits a place almost as remote to many Americans these United States The authors point is a good one America is formed in part by a geographic setting that is both sanctuary and watchtowerThe Wall Street Journal A brilliant reminder of the impact of Americas geography on its strategy Kaplans latest contribution should be required readingHenry A KissingerA text both evocative and provocative for readers who like to think In his final sections Kaplan discusses in scholarly but accessible detail the significant role that America has played and must play in this shuddering worldbr Kirkus Reviewsbr. “The Queen of Social Sciences”. 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