{"product_id":"new-cold-wars-chinas-rise-russias-invasion-and-americas-struggle-to-defend-the-west-9780593443613","title":"New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - The fast-paced inside story of America's plunge into a volatile rivalry with the other two great nuclear powers--Xi Jinping's China and Vladimir Putin's Russia--from the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Weapon \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] cogent, revealing account of how a generation of American officials have grappled with dangerous developments in the post-Cold War era . . . vividly captures Washington.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e(Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor years, the United States was confident that the newly democratic Russia and increasingly wealthy China could be lured into a Western-led order that promised prosperity and relative peace--so long as they agreed to Washington's terms. By the time America emerged from the age of terrorism, it was clear that this had been a fantasy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow the three powers are engaged in a high-stakes struggle for military, economic, political, and technological supremacy, with nations around the world pressured to take sides. Yet all three are discovering that they are maneuvering for influence in a far more turbulent world than they imagined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on a remarkable array of interviews with top officials from five presidential administrations, U.S. intelligence agencies, foreign governments, and tech companies, Sanger unfolds a riveting narrative spun around the era's critical questions: Will the mistakes Putin made in his invasion of Ukraine prove his undoing and will he reach for his nuclear arsenal--or will the West's famously short attention span signal Kyiv's doom? Will Xi invade Taiwan? Will both men deepen their partnership to undercut America's dominance? And can a politically dysfunctional America still lead the world? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking readers from the battlefields of Ukraine--where Russia uses bullets from North Korea and drones from Iran--to the Taiwan headquarters where the world's most advanced computer chips are produced and on to tense debates in the White House Situation Room, \u003ci\u003eNew Cold Wars\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable first-draft history chronicling America's return to superpower conflict, the choices that lie ahead, and what is at stake for the United States and the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David E. Sanger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593443613\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid E. Sanger\u003c\/b\u003e is the White House and national security correspondent for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Inheritance, Confront and Conceal, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Weapon\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been a member of three teams that won the Pulitzer Prize, including in 2017 for international reporting about Russia's effort to manipulate the presidential election. A contributor to CNN, he also teaches national security policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"David E. Sanger \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47876581687453,"sku":"9780593443613","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_9ffe6a9a-fb16-477b-9a2a-4b4fd63441a9.jpg?v=1777382485","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/new-cold-wars-chinas-rise-russias-invasion-and-americas-struggle-to-defend-the-west-9780593443613","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}