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Betrayal
Trump, Putin and The New Age of Conquest
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Betrayal charts the dramatic collapse of the post-1945 international system. Ours is now a world in which Trump's America has endorsed Putin's land-grab in Ukraine, painted Europe as an enemy, and toppled and kidnapped Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro. Meanwhile, an anti-western alliance has taken shape featuring...
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See moreAn unparalleled guide to the shattering of the international order from New York Times bestselling author and journalist Luke Harding
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Betrayal charts the dramatic collapse of the post-1945 international system. Ours is now a world in which Trump's America has endorsed Putin's land-grab in Ukraine, painted Europe as an enemy, and toppled and kidnapped Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro. Meanwhile, an anti-western alliance has taken shape featuring China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. Countries find themselves in an uncertain and dangerous era. It is a return to nineteenth-century imperialism and spheres of influence – but with withering modern firepower.
Written in a thrilling style, this vital and clear-eyed book reports from the frontlines of a new age of conquest. Luke Harding visits villages in eastern Ukraine under Russian bombardment, talks to Greenlanders about a US takeover, tours the divided Korean peninsula, and sits down with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Betrayal tells the story of presidents and ordinary people, caught up in conflict and war. Harding offers an essential guide to brutal Great Power politics and how it came back.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781783353385
Publisher: Guardian Faber Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 August 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Guardian Faber Publishing
Edition: Export - Airside ed
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 336
About the Author
Luke Harding is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and award-winning foreign correspondent with the Guardian. During his time as the Guardian's Moscow bureau chief, the Kremlin expelled him from the country in the first case of its kind since the cold war. Two of his books have been shortlisted for the Orwell prize.
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