ネオコンの論理 [単行本]

   アメリカ有数の外交政策の研究者である著者による、国際社会に大きな波紋を投げかけた論文が、内容を拡大して本という形で再登場する。

   最近アメリカの外交政策に懸念を覚えているヨーロッパ各国の指導者は、ニューヨーク・タイムズ紙（2002年7月21日付）が「真実の時」と表現したものに向かっていると感じている。長年に及ぶお互いの恨みつらみや緊張関係を経て、突然、アメリカにとってのほんとうの国益と同盟国の利益とが、大きく隔たっていることがわかるようになり、大西洋をはさんだ関係自体も変わってしまって、それはもう後戻りのできないところまできている可能性もある。ヨーロッパはアメリカを、強引で、一方的で、必要以上に好戦的だと見ているし、アメリカはヨーロッパを、疲れきっていて、不真面目で、弱い存在だと考えている。両者の怒りと不信感は、ますますひどくなり、さらに無理解を呼んでいる。

   2002年の夏、ロバート・ケーガンはポリシー・レビュー誌の中で、この袋小路にはまり、追い詰められた両者に、互いの立場から自分自身の見直しをするよう迫った。第2次大戦後の大きく異なったヨーロッパとアメリカの歴史を追いながら、ケーガンがはっきりと述べているのは、一方は血塗られた過去から脱出する必要性から力と脅威に関する国境を超えた信念が生まれ、もう一方は必然的に力とグローバルな影響力によって「ポストモダン・パラダイス」の擁護者として進歩を遂げたことだ。このすぐれた分析は、アメリカ、フランス、日本の政府にも議論を呼ぶことになるだろう。必読の書である。（Book Description）
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From a leading scholar of our country’s foreign policy, the brilliant essay about America and the world that has caused a storm in international circles now expanded into book form.

European leaders, increasingly disturbed by U.S. policy and actions abroad, feel they are headed for what the New York Times (July 21, 2002) describes as a “moment of truth.” After years of mutual resentment and tension, there is a sudden recognition that the real interests of America and its allies are diverging sharply and that the trans-atlantic relationship itself has changed, possibly irreversibly. Europe sees the United States as high-handed, unilateralist, and unnecessarily belligerent; the United States sees Europe as spent, unserious, and weak. The anger and mistrust on both sides are hardening into incomprehension.

This past summer, in Policy Review, Robert Kagan reached incisively into this impasse to force both sides to see themselves through the eyes of the other. Tracing the widely differing histories of Europe and America since the end of World War II, he makes clear how for one the need to escape a bloody past has led to a new set of transnational beliefs about power and threat, while the other has perforce evolved into the guarantor of that “postmodern paradise” by dint of its might and global reach. This remarkable analysis is being discussed from Washington to Paris to Tokyo. It is esssential reading. --このテキストは、 ハードカバー 版に関連付けられています。

世界の世論に抗して、アメリカはなぜイラク戦争をしかけたのか? この先、アメリカは世界をどこに導こうとしているのか? 傲慢ともいえるアメリカの世界戦略の根拠は? 米ジャーナリズム有数のネオコンの論客が答える。

From its opening-line salvo—"It is time to stop pretending that Europeans and Americans share a common view of the world, or even that they occupy the same world"—Of Paradise and Power announces a new phase in the relationship between the United States and Europe. Robert Kagan begins this illuminating essay by laying out the general differences as he sees them: the U.S. is quicker to use military force, less patient with diplomacy, and more willing to coerce (or bribe) other nations in order to get a desired result. Europe, on the other hand, places greater emphasis on diplomacy, takes a much longer view of history and problem solving, and has greater faith in international law and cooperation. Kagan does not view these differences as the result of innate national character, but as a time-honored historical reality--the U.S. is merely behaving like the powerful nation it is, just as the great European nations once did when they ruled the world. Now, Europe must act multilaterally because it has no choice. The "UN Security Council is a substitute for the power they lack," he writes.

Kagan also emphasizes the inherent ironies present in the relationship. European nations have enjoyed an "American security guarantee" for nearly 60 years, allowing them to cut back on defense spending while criticizing the U.S. for not doing the same. Yet Europe relies upon the U.S. for protection. This has led America and Europe to view the same threats much differently, as evidenced by the split over how to deal with Iraq and Saddam Hussein. Kagan points out that some European leaders are more afraid of how the U.S. will wield its power in the Middle East than they are of the thought of Hussein or other "rogue state" leaders acquiring weapons of mass destruction.

Kagan’s brevity is as impressive as it is appreciated; most writers would have required thrice as many pages to get to their point. At any length, the book is nothing short of brilliant. This is essential reading for those seeking to understand the post-Cold War world. --Shawn Carkonen
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From a leading scholar of our country’s foreign policy, the brilliant essay about America and the world that has caused a storm in international circles now expanded into book form.

European leaders, increasingly disturbed by U.S. policy and actions abroad, feel they are headed for what the New York Times (July 21, 2002) describes as a “moment of truth.” After years of mutual resentment and tension, there is a sudden recognition that the real interests of America and its allies are diverging sharply and that the trans-atlantic relationship itself has changed, possibly irreversibly. Europe sees the United States as high-handed, unilateralist, and unnecessarily belligerent; the United States sees Europe as spent, unserious, and weak. The anger and mistrust on both sides are hardening into incomprehension.

This past summer, in Policy Review, Robert Kagan reached incisively into this impasse to force both sides to see themselves through the eyes of the other. Tracing the widely differing histories of Europe and America since the end of World War II, he makes clear how for one the need to escape a bloody past has led to a new set of transnational beliefs about power and threat, while the other has perforce evolved into the guarantor of that “postmodern paradise” by dint of its might and global reach. This remarkable analysis is being discussed from Washington to Paris to Tokyo. It is esssential reading.
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強者アメリカの本音。今、必読の書！
　著者ロバート・ケーガンは、国務省出身でワシントンポスト等のコラムニスト。日本のマスコミでも、ネオコン（新保守主義）を代表する論客として紹介されています。
　本年二月に米クノッフ社から刊行された本書は、＜ホワイトハウスでプライベートに語られていることを公にした本＞として欧米のマスコミ/政財界に大きな衝撃を与え、忽ち全米ベストセラーとなりました。
　150頁余りのコンパクトなこの本を読めば、ブッシュ政権の戦略の理論背景とイラク戦争後の世界の行方がわかるといっても過言ではありません。ぜひご一読を！

“No academic piece in this realm has generated quite as much heat and interest since Samuel Huntington’s ‘Clash of Civilizations’ article in 1993 or Francis Fukuyama’s ‘End of History’ in 1989.”
—Francois Heisbourg, New York Times

“The most controversial big-think essay of the season.”
—Jay Tolson, U.S. News + World Report

“Come the hour, come the book . . . Kagan’s book is neither a diatribe nor a polemic. It is a penetrating effort to shed some light on the confusion in transatlantic affairs and to understand why Americans and Europeans are so frequently talking past each other . . . As an effort to crystallise an important moment in history and to provoke a fuller comprehension of contemporary international relations, Of Paradise and Power ranks with Frank Fukuyama’s The End of History and Sam Huntington’s The Clash of Civilizations.”
—Raymond Seitz, The Times (London)

“Cogent and important…This book deserves to be read by all conscientious citizens.”
—Booklist

“One of America’s finest commentators on issues of foreign policy. He writes elegantly, has an excellent command of history and consistently demonstrates superior intelligence and insight. He ranks . . . among analysts whose work must be read. And the appearance of this book could not have been more timely, as ‘old Europe’ and the United States diverge.”
—Warren I. Cohen, Los Angeles Times

“His essay [has] the foreign policy establishment humming from Washington to Tokyo…It is being called the new ‘X’ article (George F. Kennan, using the pseudonym ‘X’ in the July 1947 issue of Foreign Affairs, conceptualized the Cold War policy of containment).”
—Lorraine Adams, The Washington Post

“Bob Kagan's provocative and thoughtful essay is required reading for everyone concerned about the future of trans-Atlantic relations. Ever controversial, Kagan's critical contribution to understanding American and European views of world order will be discussed and debated for years to come. Although not everyone will agree with Kagan's analysis, readers will benefit from its clarity, insight, and historical force.”
–Senator John McCain

“For its brilliant juxtaposition of strategy and philosophy, of the realities of power and the ethics of power, of the American ideal of justice and the European ideal of peace, Robert Kagan’s small book is a big book. Nothing like this has been written since the death of Raymond Aron.”
—Leon Wieseltier

“Though in the past we have often disagreed, I consider this essay one of those seminal treatises without which any discussion of European-American relations would be incomplete and which will shape that discussion for years to come.”
—Dr. Henry Kissinger

“No academic piece in this realm has generated quite as much heat and interest since Samuel Huntington’s ‘Clash of Civilizations’ article in 1993 or Francis Fukuyama’s ‘End of History’ in 1989.”
—François Heisbourg, New York Times

“Brilliant.”
—Francis Fukuyama

“This refreshing essay results from careful thought combined with critical information. Read it and you will think more deeply about this important arena.”
—George P. Schultz
Distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University
U.S. Secretary of State from 1982-1989.

“Anyone looking for an intellectual primer to explain the geopolitical forces at work in the Iraqi conflict should order a copy of Robert Kagan’s book, Of Paradise and Power.”
—Dominic Lawson, Sunday Telegraph



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Robert Kagan is senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he is director of the U.S. Leadership Project. In addition to a monthly column in the Washington Post, he is the author of A Twilight Struggle: American Power and Nicaragua, 1977–1990 and coeditor, with William Kristol, of Present Dangers: Crisis and Opportunity in American Foreign and Defense Policy. Kagan served in the State Department from 1984 to 1988. --このテキストは、 ハードカバー 版に関連付けられています。

ケーガン,ロバート
カーネギー国際平和財団の上級研究員で、アメリカ・リーダーシップ・プロジェクトの責任者。ワシントン・ポストなどの新聞・雑誌にコラムを執筆している。レーガン政権時代の1984~88年に国務省に勤務し、国務長官のスピーチライター責任者、政策立案スタッフの一員であった

山岡 洋一
翻訳家。1949年生まれ。政治経済分野の翻訳で高い評価を得る(本データはこの書籍が刊行された当時に掲載されていたものです)