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Dangerous Nation: America's Place in the World From Its Earliest Days to the Dawn of the 20th Century

by Robert Kagan

Knopf

October 2006, 544 pages, $30.00

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Kagan is a realist who understands idealism; a rare combination among historical writers, and part of what helps make Dangerous Nation such a gratifying and illuminating read.

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