{"product_id":"the-tragic-mind-fear-fate-and-the-burden-of-power-9780300263862","title":"The Tragic Mind: Fear, Fate, and the Burden of Power","description":"\u003cb\u003eA moving meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens of ancient and modern tragedy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Classical drama provides crucial lessons for policymakers. . . . A road map for effective, well-considered policy.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Some books emerge from a lifetime of hard-won knowledge. Robert D. Kaplan has learned, from a career spent reporting on wars, revolutions, and international politics in Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia, that the essence of geopolitics is tragedy. In \u003ci\u003eThe Tragic Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, he employs the works of ancient Greek dramatists, Shakespeare, German philosophers, and the modern classics to explore the central subjects of international politics: order, disorder, rebellion, ambition, loyalty to family and state, violence, and the mistakes of power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The great dilemmas of international politics, he argues, are not posed by good versus evil--a clear and easy choice--but by contests of good versus good, where the choices are often searing, incompatible, and fraught with consequences. A deeply learned and deeply felt meditation on the importance of lived experience in conducting international relations, this is a book for everyone who wants a profound understanding of the tragic politics of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kaplan, Robert D.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300263862\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.58h x 5.67w x 0.79d","brand":"Robert D. Kaplan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39952008216651,"sku":"9780300263862","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_afd6242a-c749-4508-82ae-07c1825dc694.jpg?v=1674566934","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/the-tragic-mind-fear-fate-and-the-burden-of-power-9780300263862","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}