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

<b>A bracing assessment of U.S. foreign policy and world disorder over the past two decades from the bestselling author of&#160;<i>The Revenge of Geography</i>&#160;and&#160;<i>The Coming Anarchy</i></b><br>&#160;<br><b>&ldquo;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&rsquo;horizon.&rdquo;&mdash;<i>The Wall Street Journal</i></b><br>&#160;<br>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 Road&mdash;a foundation of Kublai Khan&rsquo;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.<br>&#160;<br>Drawing on decades of firsthand experience as a foreign correspondent and military embed for&#160;<i>The Atlantic,</i>&#160;Robert D. Kaplan outlines the timeless principles that should shape America&rsquo;s role in a turbulent world that encompasses the Chinese challenge. From Kaplan&rsquo;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.<br><br><b>Praise for <i>The Return of Marco Polo&rsquo;s World<br></i></b><br>&ldquo;Elegant and humane . . . a] prophecy from an observer with a depressingly accurate record of predictions.&rdquo;<b>&mdash;Bret Stephens,&#160;<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><br>&ldquo;These essays constitute a truly pathbreaking, brilliant synthesis and analysis of geographic, political, technological, and economic trends with far-reaching consequences. <i>The Return of Marco Polo&rsquo;s World </i>is another work by Robert D. Kaplan that will be regarded as a classic.&rdquo;<b>&mdash;General David Petraeus (U.S. Army, Ret.)</b><br><br>&ldquo;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.&rdquo;<b>&mdash;<i>Kirkus Review</i>&#160;(starred review)<br></b><br>&ldquo;An astute, powerfully stated, and bracing presentation.&rdquo;<b>&mdash;<i>Booklist</i></b><br>&#160;<br>&ldquo;This volume compiles sixteen major essays on America&rsquo;s foreign policy from national security commentator Kaplan. . . . An overview of thoughtful, multilayered positions and perspectives evolving through changing circumstances.&rdquo;<b>&mdash;<i>Publishers Weekly</i></b>