Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethos (edit title)

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Liked It Rated 4 stars “Kaplan has proven himself a student of the ancients and he has done his damndest to secure that "the more cautious we are, the more effective we will be" (p. 154) in a Foreign Policy that uses its military force judiciously. I liked how he works to re-instate the Greco-Roman back into our...” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Kaplan has proven himself a student of the ancients and he has done his damndest to secure that "the more cautious we are, the more effective we will be" (p. 154) in a Foreign Policy that uses its military force judiciously. I liked how he works to re-instate the Greco-Roman back into our cultural discourse; at one point he declares that the repeated use of Judeo-Christion reference about our heritage lacks exactly one half of the truth. His effort in this book is to restore the ancients into contemporary discussions of current events and for this, I applaud the book wholeheartedly.
  
  Where I fault the book--and here comes my bias--is in its nascent conservatism. Kaplan hums the melody of Conservatism without singing outright the words. I will support the notion, however, that a liberal democracy must have a disciplined militia at its service and not be afraid to use it.
  
  Unfortunately, since the book has been published, the U. S. invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan strikes more hegemonic chords for Empire than any softsell; the Bush administration's protection of corporate interests (oil, commerce) have more apparent rationale than the smokescreen of establishing democracy in the Middle East that we have been told from that White House. In this regard, Kaplan runs perilously too close to being a spokesperson for a flawed military invasion. ”

  Mark V wrote this review Tuesday, March 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “Decent for the bibliography at least.”

  John T wrote this review Friday, November 16 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “Different point of view on war today.”

  RolyMachado wrote this review Tuesday, October 2 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No