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Destined for War
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China and the United States are heading toward a war neither wants. The reason is Thucydides's Trap: when a rising power threatens to displace a ruling one, violence is the likeliest result. Over the past five hundred years, these conditions have occurred sixteen times; war broke out in twelve.
At the time of publication, an unstoppable China approached an immovable America, and both Xi Jinping and Donald Trump promised to make their countries "great again," the seventeenth case was looking grim--it still is. A trade conflict, cyberattack, Korean crisis, or accident at sea could easily spark a major war.
In Destined for War, eminent Harvard scholar Graham Allison masterfully blends history and current events to explain the timeless machinery of Thucydides's Trap--and to explore the painful steps that might prevent disaster today.
SHORT-LISTED FOR THE 2018 LIONEL GELBER PRIZE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: FINANCIAL TIMES * THE TIMES (LONDON)* AMAZON
"Allison is one of the keenest observers of international affairs around." -- President Joe Biden
"[A] must-read book in both Washington and Beijing." -- Boston Globe
"[Full of] wide-ranging, erudite case studies that span human history . . . [A] fine book."-- New York Times Book Review
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
400
Release Date:
2018-08-07
Publication Date:
2018-08-07
Publisher:
Mariner Books
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1328915387
ISBN13:
9781328915382
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
502 g
Height:
133 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
24 cm
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Very good
Almost no signs of wear. Book pages have no markings, accessories are intact and all other media are in good condition.
€16,49