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The Return of Marco Polo's World: War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-first Century

Door Robert D. Kaplan

Categorie	Geschiedenis Noord-Amerika
Boeknummer	#266549
Titel	The Return of Marco Polo's World: War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-first Century
Auteur	Kaplan, Robert D.
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	New York, Random House
Jaar van uitgave	2018
ISBN10	0812996798
ISBN13	9780812996791
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	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 a... (Lees verder)nd 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
Pagina's	280
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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