New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West

Three decades after the end of the Cold War, the United States finds itself in a volatile rivalry with the other two great nuclear powers—Xi Jinping’s China and Vladimir Putin’s Russia—in a world far more complex and dangerous than that of half a century ago. New Cold Wars—the latest from the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and bestselling author of The Perfect Weapon David E. Sanger—is a fast-paced account of America’s plunge into simultaneous confrontations with two very different adversaries. For 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. Now the three powers are engaged in a high-stakes struggle for...M.F A fast-paced account of Americas plunge into simultaneous Cold Wars against two very different adversariesXi Jinpings China and Vladimir Putins Russiabased on deep reporting from inside the White House, U.S. intelligence agencies, technology firms, and foreign governments. More than thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the United States finds itself in a volatile rivalry against the worlds other two great nuclear powers. Yet this era bears very little resemblance to the old Cold War. As Putin and Xi increasingly threaten to team up, this moment grows far more complexand undeniably more dangerousthan the world of a half century ago. New Cold Wars the latest from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of The Perfect Weapon, David E. Sangertells the riveting story of America at a crossroads. At the turn of the millennium, the United States was confident that a democratic Russia and a newly wealthy China could gradually be pulled into the Western-led order. That proved a fantasy. By the time Washington emerged from the age of terrorism, the three nuclear powers were engaged in a new, high-stakes struggle for military, economic, and technological supremacywith nations around the world forced to take sides. Based on a remarkable array of interviews with top officials in the United States, foreign leaders, andtech companies thrust onto the front lines, Sanger unfolds a riveting narrative spun around the eras critical Will the mistakes Putin made in his ill-considered invasion of Ukraine prove his undoing, and will he reach for his nuclear arsenal? Will China strike back at the U.S. chip embargo, or seize Taiwan, the worlds semiconductor capital? Taking readers from the battlefields of Ukrainewhere trench warfare and cyberwarfare are fought side by sideto the back rooms and boardrooms where diplomats, spies, and tech executives jockey for geopolitical advantage, New Cold Wars is a remarkable first draft history chronicling Americas return to superpower conflict, the choices that lie ahead, and what is at stake for the United States and the world.