{"product_id":"destined-for-war-can-america-and-china-escape-thucydides-trap","title":"Graham Allison: Destined for War [2017] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA book of the year for \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eFT\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe National\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChina and the United States are heading toward a war neither wants.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reason, argues Harvard scholar Graham Allison in this razor-sharp analysis, is Thucydides's Trap. This phenomenon, as old as history itself, is named for the Greek historian's assessment of why the Peloponnesian War broke out: a rising power threatened to displace a ruling one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the past 500 years, such a struggle has occurred between major powers just sixteen times. In twelve cases, it resulted in war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, as an unstoppable China approaches an immovable America, and both Xi Jinping and Donald Trump promise to make their countries 'great again', the seventeenth case looks grim. Unless China scales back its ambitions or the US accepts becoming number two in the Pacific, a trade conflict, cyber attack, or accident at sea could soon escalate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough uncanny historical parallels, \u003ci\u003eDestined for War\u003c\/i\u003e shows how close we are to the unthinkable. Yet, stressing that war is not inevitable, Allison also reveals how clashing powers have kept the peace in the past - and what painful steps the US and China can and must take to avoid disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allison, Graham","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":48673635008851,"sku":"XV81911344513","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/allison-graham-destined-for-war-can-america-and-china-escape-thucydides-trap-xv81911344513-56090032177491.jpg?v=1727486942","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/destined-for-war-can-america-and-china-escape-thucydides-trap","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}