The Hundred-Year Marathon

FOR MORE THAN FORTY YEARS, the United States has helped China develop a booming economy and take its place on the world stage, in the belief that Chinas rise will bring us cooperation, diplomacy, and free trade. But what if the Chínese have had a different plan all along? The Hundred-Year Marathón reveáis Chinas secret strategy to supplant America as the world’s dominant power, and to do so by 2049, the one-hundredth anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic. Michael Pillsbury, who has served in sénior national security positions in the U.S. government since the days of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, draws on his decades of contad with the “hawks” in Chinas military and intelligence agencies and translates their documents, speeches, and books to show how the teachings of traditional Chínese statecraft underpin their strategy. He also explains how the U.S. government is unwittingly helping make this “China Dream” come true. Now featuring a new afterword, The Hundred-Year Marathón is a wake-up cali for all Americans concerned about howwe have misread the greatest national security challenge of the twenty-first century.