The jungle grows back : America and our imperiled world
(Book - Regular Print)

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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Edition
First edition.
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179 pages ; 20 cm
Status
Prescott Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
327.73 KAG
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First edition.
Language
English

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"A brilliant and visionary argument for America's role as an enforcer of peace and order throughout the world--and what is likely to happen if we withdraw and focus our attention inward. Recent years have brought deeply disturbing developments around theglobe. American sentiment seems to be leaning increasingly toward withdrawal in the face of such disarray. In this powerful, urgent essay, Robert Kagan elucidates the reasons why American withdrawal would be the worst possible response, based as it is ona fundamental and dangerous misreading of the world. Like a jungle that keeps growing back after being cut down, the world has always been full of dangerous actors who, left unchecked, possess the desire and ability to make things worse. Kagan makes clear how the "realist" impulse to recognize our limitations and focus on our failures misunderstands the essential role America has played for decades in keeping the world's worst instability in check. A true realism, he argues, is based on the understandingthat the historical norm has always been toward chaos--that the jungle will grow back, if we let it"--,Provided by publisher.
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"A brilliant and visionary argument for America's role as an enforcer of peace and order throughout the world--and what is likely to happen if we withdraw and focus our attention inward"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Kagan, R. (2018). The jungle grows back: America and our imperiled world (First edition.). Alfred A. Knopf.

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Kagan, Robert. 2018. The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World. Alfred A. Knopf.

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Kagan, Robert. The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.

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Kagan, Robert. The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World First edition., Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.

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