Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2025-03-01
Books mentioned on The Dark Heart of Trump's Foreign Policy | The Ezra Klein Show
Fareed Zakaria recommended The Jungle Grows Back by Robert Kagan, Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger, and The wise men: Six friends and the world they made by Walter Isaacson and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Jungle Grows Back
The Jungle Grows Back by Robert Kagan is a concise political book that examines the fragile nature of the liberal international order built by the United States and the dangers posed by its decay.
Recommended“so I was thinking about it and one of them think would be Robert kagan's book The Jungle grows back which is a which is a short book that tries to explain the nature of this world that America built and how its erosion and Decay will result in the jungle growing back the jungle of real politic War”
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Diplomacy
Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger is an extensive historical analysis of international relations, foreign policy strategy, and the balance of power from the seventeenth century through the modern era.
Recommended“the second would be if you want to get a feel for 19th 18th century diplomacy and you know it's ups and downs uh Henry Kissinger wrote a wonderful kind of History called diplomacy and it begins in the 17th century and it goes all the way to you know the 1970s 80s as I recall”
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The wise men: Six friends and the world they made
The Wise Men: Six friends and the world they made by Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas offers a compelling biographical lens into the creation of post-World War II American foreign policy through the lives of six instrumental figures.
Recommended“the third would be again thinking about this world America built if you want to kind of a wonderful biographical lens into it uh Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas wrote a book called the wise men and it was a it was a story of six people who were instrumental in building the post World War II American order”
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“so I'm joined today by fared Zakaria the host of GPS on CNN a Washington Post columnist and the author of the bestselling book age of revolutions”