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Of Paradise and Power
by Robert Kagan
Americans are from Mars, Europeans from Venus: how power disparities shaped divergent views of force and law. The 2003 essay that framed a decade.
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you want the transatlantic divide explained.
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you want current Europe.
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Three things you will actually use
- Weakness breeds preference for law.
- Strength breeds preference for force.
- Perspective follows power.
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Mars and Venus.
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