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  <title><![CDATA[On the Origins of War: And the Preservation of Peace]]></title>
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  <default_description>By lucidly revealing the common threads that connect the ancient confrontations between Athens and Sparta and between Rome and Carthage with the two calamitous world wars of the 20th century and the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kagan reveals new insights into the nature of war--and peace--that are vitally important and often surprising.</default_description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Donald Kagan]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The writer is trying to justify preemptive strike policy and aggressive foreign endevores by using and comparing historical examples of failed peaces. This would more apropriately say &quot;...and the preservation of the status quo&quot; because the authors idea of &quot;peace&quot; is war. The end ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68917244">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[it is more about the history of the different World Wars and the reason that lead to Germany (Europe)'s decline and America's rise (somewhat)...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Intriguing. Kagan makes a strong case based on scary amounts of research.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Kagan Family: Robert, Donald, and Frederick Kagan have been huge influences on U.S. Foreign policy especially in the Bush Administration.  All Neoconservatives, the family of intellectuals of history and international relations were major influences in the Iraq surge strategy - Frederick is said...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7811863">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Compares and contrasts several war's causes and buildup. The overarching theme is reasonable. But the level of detail devoted to each conflict is minimalistic. Additional nuances and depth was ommitted for readability. Still a good book, but not an excellent one for those interest in military histor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1235844">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting thesis. Kagan clearly knows the Peloponnesian War front and back. But in my mind, Western-centrism and overdependence on the metanarrative are the difference between &quot;fair&quot; and &quot;good&quot;.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very useful.  Kagan's research is simply prodigious, and he is a must-read for any student of wars.]]></body>
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