War is Interested in You: The Breakdown of International Order and the Threat of World War Three

Gideon Rachman

€ 28.99

A rich, uniquely well-sourced and deeply insightful analysis of global affairs that lays bare the potential risk of a third worldwar.A long period of peace and stable relations between the world’s most powerful nations is coming to an end.Major wars have broken out in Europe and the Middle East, tensions are rising in East Asia, world leaders have spokenpublicly about the possibility of a third world war, and intelligence agencies have never seen the world in a more dangerousand precarious state.Making use of Rachman’s unique, unparalleled access to leaders in political and intelligence spheres around the globe andfull of extremely well-informed and insightful analysis, WAR IS INTERESTED IN YOU explores how we got to this point inglobal affairs and, crucially, what happens next – in this case, the increasing risk of global conflict.As Leon Trotsky once put it – ‘You may not be interested in war. But war is interested in you.’Gideon Rachman is the Chief Foreign Affairs columnist for the Financial Times. In 2016 he won the Orwell Prize forJournalism and was named Commentator of the Year at the European Press Prize awards. Previously he worked for TheEconomist for fifteen years, and has served as a foreign correspondent in Washington, Bangkok and Brussels.