"China and the United States are heading toward a war neither wants. The reason is Thucydidess 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 times; war broke out in twelve. Today, 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. 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 Thucydidess Trapand to explore the painful steps that might prevent disaster today." - from publisher.
Introduction --- PART ONE: THE RISE OF CHINA --- 1. The biggest player in the
history of the world --- PART TWO: LESSONS FROM HISTORY --- 2. Athens vs
Sparta --- 3. Five hundred years --- 4. Britain vs Germany --- PART THREE: A
GATHERING STORM --- 5. Imagine China were just like us --- 6. What Xis China
wants --- 7. Clash of civilisations --- 8. From here to war --- PART FOUR: WHY
WAR IS NOT INEVITABLE --- 9. Twelve clues for peace --- 10. Where do we go from here --- Conclusion.
