The Return of Marco Polo's World: War, Strategy, and American

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The Return of Marco Polo's World: War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-first Century

A bracing assessment of U.S. foreign policy and world disorder over the past two decades from the bestselling author ofÂ The Revenge of GeographyÂ andÂ The Coming Anarchy
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â€œ[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 dâ€™horizon.â€â€”The 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 Roadâ€”a foundation of Kublai Khanâ€™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.
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Drawing on decades of firsthand experience as a foreign correspondent and military embed forÂ The Atlantic,Â Robert D. Kaplan outlines the timeless principles that should shape Americaâ€™s role in a turbulent world that encompasses the Chinese challenge. From Kaplanâ€™s 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 Poloâ€™s World

â€œElegant and humane . . . [a] prophecy from an observer with a depressingly accurate record of predictions.â€â€”Bret Stephens,Â The New York Times Book Review

â€œThese essays constitute a truly pathbreaking, brilliant synthesis and analysis of geographic, political, technological, and economic trends with far-reaching consequences. The Return of Marco Poloâ€™s World is another work by Robert D. Kaplan that will be regarded as a classic.â€â€”General David Petraeus (U.S. Army, Ret.)

â€œThoughtful, 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.â€â€”Kirkus ReviewÂ (starred review)

â€œAn astute, powerfully stated, and bracing presentation.â€â€”Booklist
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â€œThis volume compiles sixteen major essays on Americaâ€™s foreign policy from national security commentator Kaplan. . . . An overview of thoughtful, multilayered positions and perspectives evolving through changing circumstances.â€â€”Publishers Weekly
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780812996791
ReleaseDate 2018-03-06
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780812996791

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780812996791
ReleaseDate	2018-03-06
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780812996791

The Return of Marco Polo's World: War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-first Century

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