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An urgent and incisive new framework for understanding the origins -- and stakes -- of global conflict with China, Russia, and Iran.We often think of the modern era as the age of American power. In reality, we're living in a long, violent Eurasian century. That giant, resource-rich landmass possesses the bulk of the global population, industrial might, and potential military power; it touches all four of the great oceans. Eurasia is a strategic prize without equal -- which is why the world has been roiled, reshaped, and nearly destroyed by clashes over the supercontinent.Since the early twentieth century, autocratic powers -- from Germany under Kaiser Wilhelm II to the Soviet Union -- have aspired for dominance by seizing commanding positions in the world's strategic heartland.
