Earning the Rockies: How Geography Shapes America's Role in

Earning the Rockies: How Geography Shapes America's Role in the World

An incisive portrait of the American landscape that shows how geography continues to determine Americaâ€™s role in the world

Book Club Pick for Now Read This, fromÂ PBS NewsHourÂ andÂ The New York TimesÂ â€¢Â â€œThere is more insight here into the Age of Trump than in bushels of political-horse-race journalism.â€â€”The New York Times Book Review (Editorsâ€™ Choice)

At a time when there is little consensus about who we are and what we should be doing with our power overseas, a return to the elemental truths of the American landscape is urgently needed. InÂ Earning the Rockies,Â New York TimesÂ bestselling authorÂ Robert D. Kaplan undertakes a cross-country journey, traversing a rich and varied landscape that still remains the primary source of American power. Traveling west, in the same direction as the pioneers, Kaplan witnesses both prosperity and decline, and reexamines the history of westward expansion in a new light: as a story not just of genocide and individualism but also of communalism and a respect for the limits of a water-starved terrain. Concluding at the edge of the Pacific Ocean with a gripping description of an anarchic world,Â Earning the RockiesÂ shows how Americaâ€™s foreign policy response ought to be rooted in its own geographical situation.

Praise forÂ Earning the Rockies

â€œUnflinchingly honest . . . a lens-changing vision of Americaâ€™s role in the world . . . a jewel of a book that lights the path ahead.â€â€”Secretary of Defense James Mattis

â€œA sui generis writer . . . Americaâ€™s East Coast establishment has only one Robert Kaplan, someone as fluently knowledgeable about the Balkans, Iraq, Central Asia and West Africa as he is about Ohio and Wyoming.â€â€”Financial Times

â€œKaplan has pursued stories in places as remote as Yemen and Outer Mongolia. InÂ Earning the Rockies,Â he visits a place almost as remote to many Americans: these United States. . . . The authorâ€™s point is a good one: America is formed, in part, by a geographic setting that is both sanctuary and watchtower.â€â€”The Wall Street JournalÂ

â€œAÂ brilliant reminder of the impact of Americaâ€™s geography on its strategy. . . . Kaplanâ€™s latest contribution should be required reading.â€â€”Henry A. Kissinger

â€œA text both evocative and provocative for readers who like toÂ thinkÂ â€¦ In his final sections, Kaplan discusses in scholarly but accessible detail the significant role that America has played and must play in this shuddering world.â€â€”Kirkus Reviews
Country USA
Brand Random House Trade Paperbacks
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ReleaseDate 2017-11-07
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EANs 9780399588228

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
Color	Red
ReleaseDate	2017-11-07
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780399588228

Earning the Rockies: How Geography Shapes America's Role in the World