Kagan, Robert

Explores the political and moral roles of America and Europe in the global community at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

"What would the world look like if America were to reduce its role as a global leader in order to focus all its energies on solving its problems at home? And is America really in decline? Robert Kagan ... paints a vivid, alarming picture of what the world might look like if the United States were truly to let its influence wane"--Flap p. 1 of dust jacket.

Examines America's place in the world from the colonial era to the turn of the twentieth century that explores how Americans have been increasing their gobal power and influence over the past four hundred years to become a major world power.