THE REVENGE OF GEOGRAPHY: WHAT THE MAP TELLS US ABOUT COMING CONFLICTS AND THE BATTLE AGAINST FATE

Book ID/图书代码： 02330010B43556

English Summary/英文概要： THE PAST century has seen a multi-polar world through the end of World War II, a bipolar world through the end of the Cold War and a dissipating unipolar world since. Economic multipolarity is already a reality. And, in military terms, America’s unipolar dominance over the air and sea-lanes will not last forever, given the rise of naval powers across Asia. Moreover, the advantages that accrue to terrorists and insurgents, for whom war is a way of life and who kill indiscriminately, have put tremendous strain on the U.S. security establishment. America’s prospects for global primacy appear bleak.

But in spite of the seemingly inevitable and rapid diminution of U.S. eminence, to write America’s great-power obituary is beyond premature. The United States remains a highly capable power. Iraq and Afghanistan, as horrendous as they have proved to be—in a broad historical sense—are still relatively minor events that America can easily overcome. The eventual demise of empires like those of Ming China and late-medieval Venice was brought about by far more pivotal blunders.
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Chinese Summary/中文概要： 过去一个世纪是一个多极化的世界。经济多极化变为了现实。用军事术语讲，美国掌握的空中和海上主导权不再是经久不变，因为亚洲是一颗冉冉上升的新星。再加上恐怖袭击事件。美国的前景于全球化来看不是很乐观。

尽管如此，美国还是很有能力的。伊拉克和阿富汗，美国人只要随便打打就可以了。成者为王败者为寇。(XJJ)

Awards/获奖情况：•New York Times bestseller

•“Kaplan plunges into a planetary review that is often thrilling in its sheer scale . . . encyclopedic.”—The New Yorker

•“[An] ambitious and challenging new book . . . Displays a formidable grasp of contemporary world politics and serves as a powerful reminder that it has been the planet’s geophysical configurations, as much as the flow of competing religions and ideologies, that have shaped human conflicts, past and present.”—Malise Ruthven, The New York Review of Books

•“Serves the facts straight up. . . . Kaplan’s realism and willingness to face hard facts make The Revenge of Geography a valuable antidote to the feel-good manifestoes that often masquerade as strategic thought.”—The Daily Beast

About the Author/作者介绍： 罗伯特•D•卡普兰（Robert D. Kaplan）是华盛顿美国新安全中心高级会员，《每月亚特兰大》（The Atlantic Monthly）全国通讯员。他曾是美国海军学院国家安全局特邀访学教授。他著有12本书，是国防政策董事会成员。

斯蒂芬•S•卡普兰（Stephen S. Kaplan）CIA退休人员。他是国家情报委员会前副主席，也是白宫每日报的人员，负责总统的日常发布会。

Robert D. Kaplan is a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security in Washington and a national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly. He was recently the Distinguished Visiting Professor in National Security at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. His twelve previous books include Balkan Ghosts, Eastward to Tartary, and Warrior Politics. He is a member of the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board.

Stephen S. Kaplan recently retired after thirty years at the CIA. He is a former vice chairman of the National Intelligence Council as well as a longtime daily White House briefer and director of the president’s daily briefing.

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