{"product_id":"d-kaplan-robert-the-return-of-marco-polo-s-world-9780812986617","title":"The Return of Marco Polo's World","description":"A bracing assessment of U.S. foreign policy and world disorder over the past two decades from the bestselling author of The Revenge of Geography and The Coming Anarchy \"[Kaplan] has emerged not only as an eloquent defender of foreign-policy realism but as a grand strategist to whom the Pentagon turns for a tour d'horizon.\"-The Wall Street Journal In the late thirteenth century, Marco Polo began a decades-long trek from Venice to China along the trade route between Europe and Asia known as the Silk Road-a foundation of Kublai Khan's sprawling empire. Now, in the early twenty-first century, the Chinese regime has proposed a land-and-maritime Silk Road that duplicates exactly the route Marco Polo traveled. Drawing on decades of firsthand experience as a foreign correspondent and military embed for The Atlantic, Robert D. Kaplan outlines the timeless principles that should shape America's role in a turbulent world that encompasses the Chinese challenge. From Kaplan's immediate thoughts on President Trump to a frank examination of what will happen in the event of war with North Korea, these essays are a vigorous reckoning with the difficult choices the United States will face in the years ahead. Praise for The Return of Marco Polo's World \"Elegant and humane . . . [a] prophecy from an observer with a depressingly accurate record of predictions.\"-Bret Stephens, The New York Times Book Review \"These essays constitute a truly pathbreaking, brilliant synthesis and analysis of geographic, political, technological, and economic trends with far-reaching consequences. The Return of Marco Polo's World is another work by Robert D. Kaplan that will be regarded as a classic.\"-General David Petraeus (U.S. Army, Ret.) \"Thoughtful, unsettling, but not apocalyptic analyses of world affairs flow steadily off the presses, and this is a superior example. . . . Presented with enough verve and insight to tempt readers to set it aside to reread in a few years.\"-Kirkus Review (starred review) \"An astute, powerfully stated, and bracing presentation.\"-Booklist \"This volume compiles sixteen major essays on America's foreign policy from national security commentator Kaplan. . . . An overview of thoughtful, multilayered positions and perspectives evolving through changing circumstances.\"-Publishers Weekly","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53631654527318,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9780812986617_1.jpg?v=1778660464","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/d-kaplan-robert-the-return-of-marco-polo-s-world-9780812986617","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}