{"product_id":"return-of-marco-polos-world-war-strategy-and-american-interests-in-the-twenty-first-century","title":"Return of Marco Polo's World: War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-first Century","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eReturn of Marco Polo's World: War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-first Century\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRobert D Kaplan\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780812986617\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eRandom House Publishing Group\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2019\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e305\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bracing assessment of U.S. foreign policy and world disorder over the past two decades from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Revenge of Geography\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Coming Anarchy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"[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 d'horizon.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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 Road--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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on decades of firsthand experience as a foreign correspondent and military embed for \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic, \u003c\/i\u003e Robert D. Kaplan outlines the timeless principles that should shape America's role in a turbulent world that encompasses the Chinese challenge. From Kaplan'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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Return of Marco Polo's World\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Elegant and humane . . . [a] prophecy from an observer with a depressingly accurate record of predictions.\"\u003cb\u003e--Bret Stephens, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"These essays constitute a truly pathbreaking, brilliant synthesis and analysis of geographic, political, technological, and economic trends with far-reaching consequences. \u003ci\u003eThe Return of Marco Polo's World \u003c\/i\u003eis another work by Robert D. Kaplan that will be regarded as a classic.\"\u003cb\u003e--General David Petraeus (U.S. Army, Ret.)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Thoughtful, 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.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Review\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An astute, powerfully stated, and bracing presentation.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This volume compiles sixteen major essays on America's foreign policy from national security commentator Kaplan. . . . An overview of thoughtful, multilayered positions and perspectives evolving through changing circumstances.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Return of Marco Polo's World: War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-first Century | Robert D Kaplan | Paperback | 9780812986617 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks B 1757184","offer_id":49149191651480,"sku":"1757184","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81BA2Kf3-nL.jpg?v=1779525262","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/return-of-marco-polos-world-war-strategy-and-american-interests-in-the-twenty-first-century","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}