This lecture presents an honest and intelligent review of international relations between the United States and the European Nations. Mr. Kagan covers a broad canvas, and his historical analysis and conclusions are intriguing and stimulating.
Although the piece is dated by references to the then-imminent 2004 election, this piece is still relevant, as the analysis rises above the domestic political newscycle.
But note this: he is for war. His argument is not at all about avoiding war, but how to legitimize American military intervention on the International stage.
Mr. Kagan is introduced here as a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, but at the same time he is a co-founder and project director of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC, www.newamericancentury.org), and author of such articles as "Bombing Iraq Isn't Enough" (with William Kristol, New York Times, January 30, 1998). As such, he is a leading member of a right-wing think-tank which lobbied hard for war. The PNAC's 1997 Statement of Principles and the signatories thereto - including Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Fukuyama, Forbes, Bauer and Bush (J) - make stunning reading: there is a remarkable story here to be told.
Review of America And The Crisis Of Legitimacy.
jason fordham
Posted on June 05, 2005 at 11:22 PM
Although the piece is dated by references to the then-imminent 2004 election, this piece is still relevant, as the analysis rises above the domestic political newscycle.
But note this: he is for war. His argument is not at all about avoiding war, but how to legitimize American military intervention on the International stage.
Mr. Kagan is introduced here as a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, but at the same time he is a co-founder and project director of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC, www.newamericancentury.org), and author of such articles as "Bombing Iraq Isn't Enough" (with William Kristol, New York Times, January 30, 1998). As such, he is a leading member of a right-wing think-tank which lobbied hard for war. The PNAC's 1997 Statement of Principles and the signatories thereto - including Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Fukuyama, Forbes, Bauer and Bush (J) - make stunning reading: there is a remarkable story here to be told.