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NATIONAL BESTSELLER | NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR. From an eminent international security scholar, an urgent examination of the conditions that could produce a catastrophic conflict between the United States and China—and how it might be prevented.
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.
At the time of publication, an unstoppable China approached an immovable America, and both Xi Jinping and Donald Trump promised to make their countries "great again," the seventeenth case was looking grim—it still is. A trade conflict, cyberattack, Korean crisis, or accident at sea could easily spark a major war.
In Destined for War, 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.
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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: FINANCIAL TIMES * THE TIMES (LONDON)* AMAZON
"Allison is one of the keenest observers of international affairs around." — President Joe Biden
"[A] must-read book in both Washington and Beijing." — Boston Globe
"[Full of] wide-ranging, erudite case studies that span human history . . . [A] fine book."— New York Times Book Review
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.
At the time of publication, an unstoppable China approached an immovable America, and both Xi Jinping and Donald Trump promised to make their countries "great again," the seventeenth case was looking grim—it still is. A trade conflict, cyberattack, Korean crisis, or accident at sea could easily spark a major war.
In Destined for War, 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.
SHORT-LISTED FOR THE 2018 LIONEL GELBER PRIZE
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: FINANCIAL TIMES * THE TIMES (LONDON)* AMAZON
"Allison is one of the keenest observers of international affairs around." — President Joe Biden
"[A] must-read book in both Washington and Beijing." — Boston Globe
"[Full of] wide-ranging, erudite case studies that span human history . . . [A] fine book."— New York Times Book Review
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Index
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Page numbers in italics refer to figures.
A
Abe, Shinzo, 161
ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missile) Treaty, 225
accommodation, 196, 213, 221–23, 271, 273, 305 n58, 328 n17
See also compromise; cooperation
Acheson, Dean, 238, 280
active defense, 155, 158
Adams, Brooks, 96
Adams, John Quincy, 94
Admiralty, British, 63, 72, 196, 213, 307 n90
Aegean Sea, 31, 34
Afghanistan, 8, 161, 175, 203, 225, 283, 331 n10
Africa, 60, 69, 77, 162, 222, 245–46, 255, 266, 274, 303 n44, 339 n2
See also South Africa
Agadir Crisis, 76, 78–79, 309–10 nn110–11
Age of Greatness (Swedish), 254
AIIB (Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank), 22–23
Air-Sea Battle, 132, 171–72, 175, 325 n81
Alaska, 94, 102–4, 196–99, 273, 318 n74
Albania, 34
Alexander VI (pope), 189, 246–47
Alfonso V (king), 331 n8, 339 n2
Ali, Muhammad, 140
alliances
Britain and, 72, 77, 270, 306 n80
eight-nation, 112
Greek, 31–36
risks of, 53–54, 175–78, 211–12
Russo-French, 62–63, 66, 73, 195, 249
United States and, 180, 204–5, 219, 271
See also individual alliances
Alverstone, Lord, 103–4, 318 n74
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 17
American Civil War, 62, 91, 195, 197, 199, 213, 221, 271
American Revolution, 142
Angell, Norman, 206, 210
Anglo-Dutch Wars, 255–5...
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Introduction
- The Rise of China
- “The Biggest Player in the History of the World”
- Lessons From History
- Athens vs. Sparta
- Five Hundred Years
- Britain vs. Germany
- A Gathering Storm
- Imagine China Were Just Like Us
- What Xi’s China Wants
- Clash of Civilizations
- From Here to War
- Why War Is Not Inevitable
- Twelve Clues for Peace
- Where Do We Go from Here?
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Thucydides’s Trap Case File
- Seven Straw Men
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author
- Connect on Social Media
- Footnotes