A review by collismeanshill
Earning the Rockies: How Geography Shapes America's Role in the World by Robert D. Kaplan

4.0

'The answer to the devastation of [America's dying small towns] is not retrenchment or isolationism. Our obligations abroad are profound, and if we deny them we will only bring havoc upon ourselves, as new forms of terrorism and totalitarianism unhinge the global economic system. ... But also precisely because of [these towns] and the challenges they represent, we must keep from getting bogged down anywhere, except at home.' // There is much in this book I agree with, some that I don't, and a fair bit that I didn't like but could see his point nonetheless. The author puts forth an interesting argument for the role that claiming the frontier made in U.S. history and the world's -- and its continuing role.