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The World America Made
by Robert Kagan
What the world would look like without American leadership: less democracy, less trade, more war. Kagan's 2012 essay against decline.
Read it if…
you want the case that American power shaped the order.
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Skip it if…
you want a critique of American power.
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Three things you will actually use
- Orders reflect their makers.
- Decline is a choice.
- Count what the order provided.
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Read it in an afternoon.
Our verdict
Kagan's world.
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