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The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives

Zbigniew Brzezinski

From one of America's leading geopolitical thinkers, the classic treatise on America's strategic mission in the modern world

In this seminal work, celebrated political scientist Zbigniew Brzezinski delivers a provocative, revolutionary geostrategy for American preeminence in the twenty-first century. The United States' crucial task, he argues, is to become the sole political arbiter in Eurasia and prevent the emergence of any rival power threatening our material and diplomatic interests. The Eurasian landmass, home to the greatest part of the globe's population, natural resources, and economic activity, is the "grand chessboard" on which Brzezinski argues that America's supremacy will be ratified and challenged. With signature insight and lucidity, Brzezinski spans from the collapse of the Soviet Union to the Russo-Ukrainian War and the rise of China.

The Grand Chessboard is a landmark work, both in Brzezinski's oeuvre and in the field of political science. It remains an essential, powerful blueprint for protecting America's most vital interests in Eurasia and beyond.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Basic Books
  • Publish Date: Dec 6th, 2016
  • Pages: 256
  • Language: English
  • Edition: Revised - 0002
  • Dimensions: 8.10in - 5.50in - 0.70in - 0.55lb
  • EAN: 9780465094356
  • Categories: International Relations - DiplomacyGeopoliticsAmerican Government - National

About the Author

Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928-2017) was National Security Adviser to President Jimmy Carter, a counselor and trustee at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and a professor of American foreign policy at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of New York Times bestsellers Second Chance and Strategic Vision, among many other books.

Praise for this book

"A tour d'horizon lucidly rendered."--Foreign Affairs
"As sobering as it is timely."--American Spectator
"This updated version of East-West geopolitics is worth taking seriously but it is also an amazing example of how a perspective can be revised without actually being rethought."--Kirkus Reviews
"The Grand Chessboard is the book we have been waiting for: a clear-eyed, tough-minded, definitive exposition of America's strategic interests in the post-Cold War world."--Samuel Huntington, Harvard University, author of The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order