[Verse 1]
Kissinger wrote of world order's grand design
How civilizations draw their battle lines
Mearsheimer countered with his tragic view
Great powers compete, there's nothing they can do
Kagan stood up for the liberal way
The jungle grows back when America's away
[Chorus]
Read the masters, know the game
Paris to Postwar, it's all the same
Power shifts and order breaks
Understanding what it takes
Essential reading, learn it well
Geopolitics has stories to tell
[Verse 2]
MacMillan showed us Paris nineteen-nineteen
How Wilson's dreams became a broken scene
The peace that failed, the map redrawn in haste
A generation's hopes completely misplaced
While Judt explained how Europe rose again
From ashes of war to prosperity's reign
[Chorus]
Read the masters, know the game
Paris to Postwar, it's all the same
Power shifts and order breaks
Understanding what it takes
Essential reading, learn it well
Geopolitics has stories to tell
[Bridge]
Zeihan warns the world is splitting apart
Deglobalization's just the start
While Mitter and Johnson help us see
What the West misunderstands about Beijing's spree
Seven books to guide your way
Through the chaos of today
[Verse 3]
From Westphalia to Washington's design
These thinkers trace the geopolitical line
Realist, liberal, historian's view
Each perspective adds a different hue
The toolkit's built on wisdom of the past
To understand which orders really last
[Chorus]
Read the masters, know the game
Paris to Postwar, it's all the same
Power shifts and order breaks
Understanding what it takes
Essential reading, learn it well
Geopolitics has stories to tell
[Outro]
Seven voices, seven views
Pick up the books and pay your dues
The realist's toolkit starts with these
Essential reading, if you please