{"product_id":"destined-for-war-can-america-and-china-escape-thucydidess-trap-9781328915382","title":"Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORT-LISTED FOR THE 2018 LIONEL GELBER PRIZE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES * THE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e (LONDON) * AMAZON\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Allison is one of the keenest observers of international affairs around.\"-- JOE BIDEN, former vice president of the United States\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. Today, as an unstoppable China approaches an immovable America, and both Xi Jinping and Donald Trump promise to make their countries \"great again,\" the seventeenth case looks grim. A trade conflict, cyberattack, Korean crisis, or accident at sea could easily spark a major war. \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eDestined for War\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \" A] must-read book in both Washington and Beijing.\"-- NIALL FERGUSON, \u003ci\u003eBOSTON GLOBE\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" Allison is] a first-class academic with the instincts of a first-rate politician.\"-- \u003ci\u003eBLOOMBERG NEWS\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" Full of] wide-ranging, erudite case studies that span human history . . .  A] fine book.\"-- \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/07\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781328915382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.10d","brand":"Graham Allison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36649015476380,"sku":"9781328915382","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f54035d1-b8c7-4c0e-a227-51930baa2d34.jpg?v=1603871736","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/destined-for-war-can-america-and-china-escape-thucydidess-trap-9781328915382","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}