The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today

by Hal Brands

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A leading historian’s guide to great-power competition, as told through America’s successes and failures in the Cold War

“There is an undeniable ease and fluidity to Mr. Brands’s narrative, and his use of Cold War archives is impressive.”—A. Wess Mitchell, Wall Street Journal


“If you want to know how America can win today's rivalries with Russia and China, read this book about how it triumphed in another twilight struggle: the Cold War.”—Stephen J. Hadley, national security adviser to President George W. Bush

America is entering an era of long-term great power competition with China and Russia. In this innovative and illuminating book, Hal Brands, a leading historian and former Pentagon adviser, argues that America should look to the history of the Cold War for lessons on how to succeed in great-power rivalry today. 
  • ISBN10 0300250789
  • ISBN13 9780300250787
  • Publish Date 8 March 2022
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 9 June 2022
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Yale University Press