A meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens of ancient and modern tragedy.
What The Reviewers Say
Francis P. Sempa,
The New York Journal of Books
...short but profound.
Tunku Varadarajan,
The Wall Street Journal
The Tragic Mind is Mr. Kaplan’s 21st book and the only one he has written as an act of self-flagellation.
Kirkus
Kaplan can often sound pompous and old-fashioned (not a new criticism), but the advice that military actions should be carefully thought through, and then thought through again, should be heeded by anyone who contributes to making life-and-death decisions. A road map for effective, well-considered policy..