{"product_id":"book-cbb3","title":"The Return of Marco Polo's World","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49330962989360,"sku":"BDcbb3","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/106126-cbb3-Square.jpg?v=1733801277","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-cbb3","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}