The Hundred-Year Marathon

China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower

De: Michael Pillsbury

Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner

One of the US government's leading China experts reveals the hidden strategy fueling that country's rise - and how Americans have been seduced into helping China overtake us as the world's leading superpower.

For more than 40 years, the United States has played an indispensable role in helping the Chinese government build a booming economy, develop its scientific and military capabilities, and take its place on the world stage in the belief that China's rise will bring us cooperation, diplomacy, and free trade. But what if the "China dream" is to replace us, just as America replaced the British Empire, without firing a shot?

Based on interviews with Chinese defectors and newly declassified, previously undisclosed national security documents, The Hundred-Year Marathon reveals China's secret strategy to supplant the United States 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, a fluent Mandarin speaker who has served in senior national security positions in the US government since the days of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, draws on his decades of contact with the "hawks" in China's military and intelligence agencies and translates their documents, speeches, and books to show how the teachings of traditional Chinese statecraft underpin their actions. He offers an inside look at how the Chinese really view America and its leaders - as barbarians who will be the architects of their own demise.

Pillsbury also explains how the US government has helped - sometimes unwittingly and sometimes deliberately - to make this "China dream" come true, and he calls for the United States to implement a new, more competitive strategy toward China as it really is and not as we might wish it to be. The Hundred-Year Marathon is a wake-up call as we face the greatest national security challenge of the 21st century.

©2015 Michael Pillsbury (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Very important book to read

Everyone that is interested in the history and future of the world should read this book. The knowledge of Michael Pillsbury on China is breathtaking. It’s both scary and enlightening.

Everyone should know!

What an eye opener for a news junkie like me. This info should be presented at every opportunity to anyone who cares for our country's future.

a must-read on China

Dr Pillsbury traces a 50-year career studying China and the evolution of his understanding . He provides keen insights with factual support and a warning that must be heeded.

A must listen to understand China's grand plans.

Everyone sees their expansion but almost no one understands their intentions. Mr Pillsbury shows you.

Good

Just drags on at the end. I like how the author changes his mind in his career as new facts emerge.