Overview
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ā[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 dāhorizon.āāThe Wall Street Journal
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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 Roadāa foundation of Kublai Khanās 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.
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Drawing on decades of firsthand experience as a foreign correspondent and military embed forĀ The Atlantic,Ā Robert D. Kaplan outlines the timeless principles that should shape Americaās role in a turbulent world that encompasses the Chinese challenge. From Kaplanās 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 Poloās World
āElegant and humane . . . [a] prophecy from an observer with a depressingly accurate record of predictions.āāBret Stephens,Ā The New York Times Book Review
āThese essays constitute a truly pathbreaking, brilliant synthesis and analysis of geographic, political, technological, and economic trends with far-reaching consequences. The Return of Marco Poloās World is another work by Robert D. Kaplan that will be regarded as a classic.āāGeneral David Petraeus (U.S. Army, Ret.)
āThoughtful, 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.āāKirkus ReviewĀ (starred review)
āAn astute, powerfully stated, and bracing presentation.āāBooklist
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āThis volume compiles sixteen major essays on Americaās foreign policy from national security commentator Kaplan. . . . An overview of thoughtful, multilayered positions and perspectives evolving through changing circumstances.āāPublishers Weekly
This book title, The Return of Marco Polo's World (War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-first Century) - 9780812986617, ISBN: 9780812986617, by Robert D. Kaplan, published by Random House Publishing Group (May 21, 2019) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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