A Red Line in the Sand
eBook - ePub

A Red Line in the Sand

Diplomacy, Strategy, and the History of Wars That Might Still Happen

  1. 484 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Red Line in the Sand

Diplomacy, Strategy, and the History of Wars That Might Still Happen

About this book

A longtime CNN columnist astutely combineshistory and global politics to help us better understanding the explodingnumber of military, political, and diplomatic crises around the globe. The riveting and illuminating behind-the-scenes stories of the world's mostintense "red lines, " from diplomatic and military challengesat particular turning points in history to the ones that set the tone of geopolitics today. Whether it was the red linein Munich that led to the start of the Second World War, to the red lines in the South China Sea, the Korean Peninsula, Syria and the Middle East.As we traverse the globe, Andelman usesoriginal documentary research, previously classified material, and interviews with key players, to help us understandthe growth, the successes and frequent failures that have shaped our worldtoday.Andelman provides not just vivid historical context, but a political anatomy of these red lines. How might their failures be prevented going forward? When and how can such lines in the sand help preserve peace ratherthan temptconflict? A Red Line in the Sand is a vitalexamination of our present and the future—where does diplomacy end and war begin? It is an object lesson of tantamount importance to every leader, diplomat, citizen, and voter. As America establishes more red lines than it has pledged to defend, every American should understandthe volatile atmosphere and the existential stakes of the red web that encompasses the globe.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Chapter One: Flashpoints
  6. Chapter Two: Origins
  7. Chapter Three: The Korean Peninsula: Locked & Loaded
  8. Chapter Four: China: By the Beautiful Sea
  9. Chapter Five: From Soviet Union to Russian Empire
  10. Chapter Six: Mesopotamia: Crime & Punishment
  11. Chapter Seven: Iran to Persia and Back
  12. Chapter Eight: Africa: Cradle of Lines
  13. Chapter Nine: Eternal Lines
  14. Coda
  15. About the Author
  16. Notes
  17. Index
  18. Map & Illustration Credits
  19. Copyright

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