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- "A 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 The Revenge of Geography and The Coming Anarchy. In the late thirteenth century, Marco Polo began a decades-long trek from Venice to China. The strength of that Silk Road--the trade route between Europe and Asia--was 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. In the major lead essay, recently released by the Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment, Robert D. Kaplan lays out a blueprint of the world's changing power politics that recalls the late thirteenth century. As Europe fractures from changes in culture and migration, Eurasia coheres into a single conflict system. China is constructing a land bridge to Europe. Iran and India are trying to link the oil fields of Central Asia to the Indian Ocean. America's ability to influence the power balance in Eurasia is declining. This is Kaplan's first collection of essays since his classic The Coming Anarchy was published in 2000. Drawing on decades of firsthand experience as a foreign correspondent and military embed for The Atlantic, as well as encounters with preeminent realist thinkers, Kaplan outlines the timeless principles that should shape America's role in a turbulent world: a respect for the limits of Western-style democracy; a delineation between American interests and American values; an awareness of the psychological toll of warfare; a projection of power via a strong navy; and more. From Kaplan's immediate thoughts on President Trump ("On Foreign Policy, Donald Trump Is No Realist," 2016) to a frank examination of what will happen in the event of war with North Korea ("When North Korea Falls," 2006), The Return of Marco Polo's World is a vigorous and honest reckoning with the difficult choices the United States will face in the years ahead."--
- "Drawing on decades of first-hand experience as a foreign correspondent and military embed for The Atlantic, Robert D. Kaplan makes a powerful, clear-eyed case for what timeless principles should shape America's role in the world: a respect for the limits of Western-style democracy; a delineation between American interests versus American values; an awareness of the psychological toll of warfare; a projection of military power via a strong navy; and more"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xiv, 280 pages
- Contents
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- Iraq : the counterfactual game
- The wounded home front
- No greater honor
- Thinkers.
- In defense of Henry Kissinger
- Samuel Huntington : looking the world in the eye
- Why John Mearshimer is right (about some things)
- Reflections.
- On foreign policy, Donald Trump is no realist
- The post-imperial moment
- Strategy.
- Fated to lead
- The great danger of a new utopianism
- Marco Polo redux.
- Traveling China's new Silk Road
- The return of Marco Polo's world and the U.S. military response
- The art of avoiding war
- The tragedy of U.S. foreign policy
- Elegant decline : the Navy's rising importance
- When North Korea falls
- War and its costs.
- Rereading Vietnam
- Isbn
- 9780812996791
- Label
- The return of Marco Polo's world : war, strategy, and American interests in the twenty-first century
- Title
- The return of Marco Polo's world
- Title remainder
- war, strategy, and American interests in the twenty-first century
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert D. Kaplan
- Subject
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- Democracy -- Government policy
- World politics
- 2000-2099
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century
- United States -- Military policy
- Military policy
- World politics -- 21st century
- Diplomatic relations
- United States
- Democracy -- Government policy
- Democracy -- Government policy -- United States
- Essays
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "A 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 The Revenge of Geography and The Coming Anarchy. In the late thirteenth century, Marco Polo began a decades-long trek from Venice to China. The strength of that Silk Road--the trade route between Europe and Asia--was 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. In the major lead essay, recently released by the Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment, Robert D. Kaplan lays out a blueprint of the world's changing power politics that recalls the late thirteenth century. As Europe fractures from changes in culture and migration, Eurasia coheres into a single conflict system. China is constructing a land bridge to Europe. Iran and India are trying to link the oil fields of Central Asia to the Indian Ocean. America's ability to influence the power balance in Eurasia is declining. This is Kaplan's first collection of essays since his classic The Coming Anarchy was published in 2000. Drawing on decades of firsthand experience as a foreign correspondent and military embed for The Atlantic, as well as encounters with preeminent realist thinkers, Kaplan outlines the timeless principles that should shape America's role in a turbulent world: a respect for the limits of Western-style democracy; a delineation between American interests and American values; an awareness of the psychological toll of warfare; a projection of power via a strong navy; and more. From Kaplan's immediate thoughts on President Trump ("On Foreign Policy, Donald Trump Is No Realist," 2016) to a frank examination of what will happen in the event of war with North Korea ("When North Korea Falls," 2006), The Return of Marco Polo's World is a vigorous and honest reckoning with the difficult choices the United States will face in the years ahead."--
- "Drawing on decades of first-hand experience as a foreign correspondent and military embed for The Atlantic, Robert D. Kaplan makes a powerful, clear-eyed case for what timeless principles should shape America's role in the world: a respect for the limits of Western-style democracy; a delineation between American interests versus American values; an awareness of the psychological toll of warfare; a projection of military power via a strong navy; and more"--
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- United States
- Democracy
- World politics
- United States
- Democracy
- Diplomatic relations
- Military policy
- World politics
- United States
- World politics
- Democracy
- United States
- United States
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- The return of Marco Polo's world : war, strategy, and American interests in the twenty-first century, Robert D. Kaplan
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- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Contents
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- Iraq : the counterfactual game
- The wounded home front
- No greater honor
- Thinkers.
- In defense of Henry Kissinger
- Samuel Huntington : looking the world in the eye
- Why John Mearshimer is right (about some things)
- Reflections.
- On foreign policy, Donald Trump is no realist
- The post-imperial moment
- Strategy.
- Fated to lead
- The great danger of a new utopianism
- Marco Polo redux.
- Traveling China's new Silk Road
- The return of Marco Polo's world and the U.S. military response
- The art of avoiding war
- The tragedy of U.S. foreign policy
- Elegant decline : the Navy's rising importance
- When North Korea falls
- War and its costs.
- Rereading Vietnam
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xiv, 280 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812996791
- Lccn
- 2018005845
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- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
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- GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO
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- (OCoLC)992390336
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- The return of Marco Polo's world : war, strategy, and American interests in the twenty-first century, Robert D. Kaplan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Iraq : the counterfactual game
- The wounded home front
- No greater honor
- Thinkers.
- In defense of Henry Kissinger
- Samuel Huntington : looking the world in the eye
- Why John Mearshimer is right (about some things)
- Reflections.
- On foreign policy, Donald Trump is no realist
- The post-imperial moment
- Strategy.
- Fated to lead
- The great danger of a new utopianism
- Marco Polo redux.
- Traveling China's new Silk Road
- The return of Marco Polo's world and the U.S. military response
- The art of avoiding war
- The tragedy of U.S. foreign policy
- Elegant decline : the Navy's rising importance
- When North Korea falls
- War and its costs.
- Rereading Vietnam
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xiv, 280 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812996791
- Lccn
- 2018005845
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Note
- GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO
- System control number
- (OCoLC)992390336
Subject
- 2000-2099
- Democracy -- Government policy
- Democracy -- Government policy
- Democracy -- Government policy -- United States
- Diplomatic relations
- Essays
- Military policy
- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century
- United States -- Military policy
- World politics
- World politics -- 21st century
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