From the bestselling author of Balkan Ghosts and The Ends of the Earth comes a fascinating new book on the imminent global chaos that is as brilliant as it is necessary, as original as it is controversial.

The end of the Cold War has not ushered in the global peace and prosperity that many had anticipated. Environmental degradation is causing the rampant spread of famine and disease, and a rising number of nations are being torn by violent wars of fierce tribalism and trenchant regionalism. Our newest democracies, such as Russia and Venezuela, are bloody maelstroms of violence and crime, while America is beset with an alarmingly high number of apathetic citizens content to concern themselves with matters of entertainment and convenience. Bold, erudite, and profoundly important, The Coming Anarchy is a compelling must-read by one of today's most penetrating writers and provocative minds.

"Analytically daring.... Informed by a rock-solid, unwavering realism and an utter absence of sentimentality.... Kaplan is a knowledgeable and forceful polemicist who mixes the attributes of journalist and visionary." — The New York Times

"Ambitiously eclectic.... [Kaplan] is one of America's most engaging writers on contemporary international affairs." — The New York Times Book Review

羅伯特•D. 卡普蘭（Robert D. Kaplan）

《大西洋月刊》資深記者，美國著名地緣政治分析傢，曾被美《外交政策》雜誌評為全球100大思想傢之一。卡普蘭是20世紀80年代第一位指齣未來將在巴爾乾地區爆發戰爭的美國作傢。美國前總統剋林頓和喬治•W. 布什都是卡普蘭的讀者，他的書使剋林頓決定不嚮科索沃派兵，而布什也將他的書列在必讀之首，《華盛頓郵報》刊登專文評論說，卡普蘭影響瞭“布什的世界觀”。