{"product_id":"the-avoidable-war-kevin-rudd-9781541701298","title":"The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict Between the US and Xi Jinping's China","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA war between China and the US would be catastrophic, deadly, and destructive. Unfortunately, it is no longer unthinkable. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe relationship between the US and China, the world's two superpowers, is peculiarly volatile. It rests on a seismic fault--of cultural misunderstanding, historical grievance, and ideological incompatibility. No other nations are so quick to offend and be offended. Their militaries play a dangerous game of chicken, corporations steal intellectual property, intelligence satellites peer, and AI technicians plot. The capacity for either country to cross a fatal line grows daily. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKevin Rudd, a former Australian prime minister who has studied, lived in, and worked with China for more than forty years, is one of the very few people who can offer real insight into the mindsets of the leadership whose judgment will determine if a war will be fought. \u003ci\u003eThe Avoidable War \u003c\/i\u003edemystifies the actions of both sides, explaining and translating them for the benefit of the other. Geopolitical disaster is still avoidable, but only if these two giants can find a way to coexist without betraying their core interests through what Rudd calls \"managed strategic competition.\" Should they fail, down that path lies the possibility of a war that could rewrite the future of both countries, and the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin Rudd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541701291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541701298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PublicAffairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.40w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/14\/2022","brand":"Kevin Rudd","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44050266030335,"sku":"9781541701298","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_45595ddb-2495-4731-9d06-60db23edcb78.jpg?v=1685006214","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-avoidable-war-kevin-rudd-9781541701298","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}