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Religions > Atheism |
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"maff" |
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27 Nov 2005 06:32:01 AM |
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OT: Robert D. Kaplan |
Appropriating the Globe
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/27/books/review/27lipsky.html?pagewanted=all
Review by DAVID LIPSKY
Published: November 27, 2005
Robert D. Kaplan is a proud realist, but his career has had the long
odds and dream rewards of a Rocky picture. In his mid-20's, he took off
for Europe with $1,000, no job and no return ticket. He meant to report
on foreign lands. Two books followed - and, he said later, "sank
without a trace." So he wrote a third. Fourteen publishers said no.
When "Balkan Ghosts" - a tour of the region's scarred history - finally
appeared in 1993, armies of the ethnically pure were on the march in
Bosnia. Kaplan had his first taste of the best-seller list; then things
got interesting. Bill Clinton was on the fence about sending American
forces into the area; "Balkan Ghosts" - it was later reported - nudged
the president toward "no." Robert Kaplan was leaving traces.
IMPERIAL GRUNTS
The American Military on the Ground.
By Robert D. Kaplan.
421 pp. Random House. $27.95.
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