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Robert Kaplan talks about how the world is becoming more dangerous, where the next war might be and the difficult choices to be faced

From the fall of the Berlin Wall to 9/11, we had relative peace and prosperity. It was an opportunity to salve some festering national wounds. We squandered it completely—and helped give rise to the crises we’re dealing with today.

Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus (Vintage Departures) by Kaplan, Robert D. at AbeBooks.co.uk - ISBN 10:  0375705767 - ISBN 13:  9780375705762 - Vintage Books - 2001 - Softcover

Robert D. Kaplan’s outstanding new book is about reflection, introspection, geopolitics, geography, culture, history, religion, civilization and travel in “the globe in miniature.” In this insightful travelogue, Kaplan, geopolitical expert and bestselling author of Balkan Ghosts and The Revenge of Geography, turns his perceptive eye to a region that for centuries has been a

Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power by Kaplan, Robert D. at AbeBooks.co.uk - ISBN 10:  1452636184 - ISBN 13:  9781452636184 - Tantor Media, Inc - 2012

<p>Although the popular history genre is often maligned, historians should reflect on the role of Barbara Tuchman's 1962 "The Guns of August" in guiding JFK away from the brink of nuclear war and recognize the power of a story clearly told.</p>

<p>Although the popular history genre is often maligned, historians should reflect on the role of Barbara Tuchman's 1962 "The Guns of August" in guiding JFK away from the brink of nuclear war and recognize the power of a story clearly told.</p>

<p>Although the popular history genre is often maligned, historians should reflect on the role of Barbara Tuchman's 1962 "The Guns of August" in guiding JFK away from the brink of nuclear war and recognize the power of a story clearly told.</p>