A leading historian's guide to great-power competition, as told through America's successes and failures in the Cold War. America is entering an era of long-term great power competition with China and Russia. In this innovative and illuminating book...

The ancient Greeks hard-wired a tragic sensibility into their culture. By looking disaster squarely in the face, by understanding just how badly things could spiral out of control, they sought to create a communal sense of responsibility and courage...