Adriatic: A Concert of Civilizations at the End of the Modern Age
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- Create Date：2022-03-30 10:19:47
- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Robert D. Kaplan
- ISBN：0399591044
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Reviews
Zeb Kantrowitz
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Sometimes you read a book and partially through it you realize that you don't care for what the author is saying and how he's saying it。 That's my take away from reading about a quarter of this book。 I was expecting to read about the places Kaplan traveled， and how he perceived/understood/learnt/etc from his visiting these places。 But what we got was a treatise on everything that Kaplan had learnt over forty years whether it had any relevance or not。 I'm impressed by his overall knowledge but it Sometimes you read a book and partially through it you realize that you don't care for what the author is saying and how he's saying it。 That's my take away from reading about a quarter of this book。 I was expecting to read about the places Kaplan traveled， and how he perceived/understood/learnt/etc from his visiting these places。 But what we got was a treatise on everything that Kaplan had learnt over forty years whether it had any relevance or not。 I'm impressed by his overall knowledge but it makes for a lot of diary jottings。 。。。more
Aaron Brown
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Robert Kaplan， deservedly， is a legend by now。 I have read every single one of his books and very few， if any， were disappointments。 This book is no exception。 If you have any interest whatsoever in geography， geopolitics， United States defense and military policy or， really， just the world in general then you need to be reading his books。 Adriatic， like a lot of Mr。 Kaplan's books， identifies a geopolitical hotspot that he foresees playing a big role in international conflicts and then gives th Robert Kaplan， deservedly， is a legend by now。 I have read every single one of his books and very few， if any， were disappointments。 This book is no exception。 If you have any interest whatsoever in geography， geopolitics， United States defense and military policy or， really， just the world in general then you need to be reading his books。 Adriatic， like a lot of Mr。 Kaplan's books， identifies a geopolitical hotspot that he foresees playing a big role in international conflicts and then gives the reader a history， travel diary， and contemporary analysis of the region with predictions of things to come。 Kaplan is one of America's great non-fiction writers with a superb eye for detail。 I learned a lot in Adriatic and I think any reader is bound to as well。 Highly recommended 。。。more
Casper
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