Destined for War

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 × 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 "e;great again,"e; 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 PRIZENAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: FINANCIAL TIMES * THE TIMES (LONDON)* AMAZON"e;Allison is one of the keenest observers of international affairs around."e; ??-?? President Joe Biden"e;[A] must-read book in both Washington and Beijing."e; ??-?? Boston Globe "e;[Full of] wide-ranging, erudite case studies that span human history . . . [A] fine book."e;??-?? New York Times Book Review