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161 Pages·2014·1.13 MB·English
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ROBERT D. KAPLAN SHOULDERS of GOD Robert D. Kaplan is a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly and the author of eight other books on travel and foreign affairs, translated into many languages, including Balkan Ghosts, The Coming Anarchy, The Ends of the Earth, and Eastward to Tartary. ALSO BY ROBERT D. KAPLAN Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethos Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus The Coming Anarchy: Shattering the Dreams of the Post Cold War An Empire Wilderness: Travels Into America's Future The Ends of the Earth: From Togo to Turkmenistan, From Iran to Cambodia— A Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy The Arabists: The Romance of an American Elite Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History Surrender or Starve: The Wars Behind the Famine For my mother and for my late father, Philip A. Kaplan I have seen much war in my lifetime and I hate it profoundly. But there are worse things than war; and all of them come with defeat. —Ernest Hemingway, Men at War Contents Introduction xv PROLOGUE Walking Through a Minefield ONE Frontier Town TWO A World of Men THREE Going up Khyber FOUR Noble Savages FIVE The Growth of a Commander SIX Haji Babà and the Gucci Muj EPILOGUE to the Onginal Edition Something I Only Imagined SEVEN The Lawless Frontier Acknowledgments Bibliography

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