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# 2034: A Novel of the Next World War Hardcover – March 9, 2021

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Sobering Report from the Future.
*by R***N on May 23, 2025*

Complacency in our thoughts about our economics, politics and international relationships could lead us to this fate. It does not have to, if we take seriously our responsibilities as American citizens.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent read
*by E***C on February 6, 2025*

It's early morning hours, and I just finished this. I find it bittersweet to read in early 2025 when it seems we are doing a very good job of fulfilling President Lincoln's warning words. The event that starts all of the horror in this book is as real as it gets: the US over reliance on military tech and our lack of imagination that our nation could ever make a mistake, despite the last 30 years of evidence... Anyway, while it's not the best book I've ever read, it's far from the worst and it's important for every American to try and wrap our brains around the national suicide we seem to be choosing. It probably won't happen exactly like this book, but I feel sure some of the themes will feature prominently. I feel very sad after reading this. And I have decided that on my next trip, I will find myself a paper map. 😐

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Important Geopolitical Cautionary Tale
*by L***R on March 11, 2021*

I've read negative comments on this book, and agree some of those points are valid, and yet I give this book five stars and urge voters and those in positions to set policy to read it.The gist and ultimate message of the book is what we should take away.The novel centers on five characters, told from their point of view. I am a geek that prefers focus on technology or science, so this human centered narrative was a turn-off at first. Further in I became more engrossed with the book and saw the relience on characters as an efficient means to convey the military-geopolitical dynamics.I certainly prefer dry, unsentimental military strategy such as in my science fiction military theory short story "Treason Alaska : The Story of the Treason Trade Route", which in spite of it's title is more about Chinese-American antagonism and a surprising outcome.Still, I endorse this sentiment drenched 2034 for it's few very important statements Americans need to see. There are pro-Russian statements, and pro-Chinese statements, and are very counter to the a priori moral assumptions we see in US journalism and State Department policy rhetoric.Here are my favorite quotes:On Russia:"Kolchak began to pontificate about the Rodina, his “Mother Russia,” how in its many iterations, whether they be tsarist, imperialist, or communist, it had never enjoyed the legitimacy of other world powers. “During the empire our tsars spoke French at court,” said Kolchak. “During communism our economy was a hollow shell. Today, under the federation, our leaders are viewed as criminals by the rest of the world. In New York City, or in London, they don’t respect any of us, not even President Putin. To them, President Putin isn’t the grandfather of our Federation; no, to them he is simply another poor Russian, a gangster at best, even though he has retaken our ancestral territories in Crimea, Georgia, and Greater Ukraine; even though he has crippled America’s political system, so that now their president doesn’t even have a party but has to run as one of these enfeebled ‘independents.’ We are a cunning people. Our leader is one of us and is equally cunning."On America:"The America they believe themselves to be is no longer the America that they are. Time changes everything, doesn’t it. And now, it is changing the world’s balance in our [Russia's] favor.”America’s hubris has finally gotten the better of its greatness. You’ve squandered your blood and treasure to what end? ... For freedom of navigation in the South China Sea? For the sovereignty of Taiwan? Isn’t the world large enough for your government and Beijing’s?On War:"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle. -Sun Tzu"By the way, the dynamics of escalation in the book match the "If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat" formula.And finally, the ideal the book pursues is in this passage:"He could feel his loyalties shifting, not from one nation to another, but between those who wanted to avert an escalation and those who believed that victory, whatever that meant, could exist along this spectrum of destruction. Receiving the appropriate authorizations to visit the Defense Ministry suddenly seemed like an irrelevance. He increasingly felt as though his allegiance didn’t reside with any government but with whoever could reverse this cycle of annihilation."Spoiler alert, the geopolitical surprise comes from India:"We are not supporting Beijing. And we are not supporting Washington. We are allied with no one. Our support is for de-escalation. Do you understand?”Yes the book has a mighty big magic wand in the form of Chinese cyber attack ability, but fiction often relies on these implausible rhetorical devices to get the reader to that place the story needs to go, so the reader receives a much needed message.This book has many such needed messages.

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