{"product_id":"9780812986617","title":"The Return of Marco Polo's World","description":"Author: Kaplan, Robert D.\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780812986617\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE US\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 21 May 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bracing assessment of U.S. foreign policy and world disorder over the past two decades, anchored by a major new Pentagon-commissioned essay about changing power dynamics among China, Eurasia, and America--from the renowned geopolitical analyst and bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Revenge of Geography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Coming Anarchy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bracing assessment of U.S. foreign policy and world disorder over the past two decades from the bestselling author of\u003ci\u003eThe Revenge of Geography\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003eThe Coming Anarchy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" 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.\"-\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on decades of firsthand experience as a foreign correspondent and military embed for\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic,\u003c\/i\u003eRobert 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Return of Marco Polo's World\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Elegant and humane . . .  a  prophecy from an observer with a depressingly accurate record of predictions.\"\u003cb\u003e-Bret Stephens,\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"These essays constitute a truly pathbreaking, brilliant synthesis and analysis of geographic, political, technological, and economic trends with far-reaching consequences. \u003ci\u003eThe Return of Marco Polo's World \u003c\/i\u003eis another work by Robert D. Kaplan that will be regarded as a classic.\"\u003cb\u003e-General David Petraeus (U.S. Army, Ret.)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eKirkus Review\u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An astute, powerfully stated, and bracing presentation.\"\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47996805513374,"sku":"ING-9780812986617","price":27.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780812986617.jpg?v=1784464625","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780812986617","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}