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030027677X pdf A moving meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens of ancient and modern tragedy Spare, elegant and poignant. . . . If there is a single contemporary book that should be pressed into the hands of those who decide issues of war and peace, this is it.John Gray, New Statesman It is tragic that Robert D. Kaplans luminous The Tragic Mind is so urgently needed.George F. Will Some books emerge from a lifetime of hard-won knowledge. Robert D. Kaplan has learned, from a career spent reporting on wars, revolutions, and international politics in Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia, that the essence of geopolitics is tragedy. In Read more