Summary of Graham Allison's Destined For War

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#1 I went to see America’s most successful modern general, David Petraeus, who had become director of the Central Intelligence Agency in 2011. I asked him whether the old hands at the Agency had begun opening for him some of the secret jewel boxes — the files containing the deepest, most classified secrets of the US government.

#2 Lee Kuan Yew was the founder and long-serving leader of Singapore, which he transformed from a small, poor fishing village into a modern megalopolis. He was one of the first to see China’s true nature and its full potential.

#3 China has grown into the world’s second-largest economy in just over thirty years, surpassing America’s growth rate between 1860 and 1913.

#4 The American pivot to Asia was difficult to find in terms of attention span of the president, time spent at National Security Council principals’ and deputies’ meetings, face time with leaders of the region, sorties flown, and dollars allocated.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822530546

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Insights on Graham Allison's Destined For War

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I went to see America’s most successful modern general, David Petraeus, who had become director of the Central Intelligence Agency in 2011. I asked him whether the old hands at the Agency had begun opening for him some of the secret jewel boxes — the files containing the deepest, most classified secrets of the US government.

#2

Lee Kuan Yew was the founder and long-serving leader of Singapore, which he transformed from a small, poor fishing village into a modern megalopolis. He was one of the first to see China’s true nature and its full potential.

#3

China has grown into the world’s second-largest economy in just over thirty years, surpassing America’s growth rate between 1860 and 1913.

#4

The American pivot to Asia was difficult to find in terms of attention span of the president, time spent at National Security Council principals’ and deputies’ meetings, face time with leaders of the region, sorties flown, and dollars allocated.

#5

For many Americans, the idea that China could surpass the US as the world’s largest economy is unthinkable. But that is exactly what has happened.

#6

The Western media has constantly focused on the Chinese economy and its slow growth, but have never mentioned that compared to the pre-crisis level, Chinese economic growth has declined by approximately one-third.

#7

When Americans complain about how long it takes to build a building or repair a road, authorities often reply that Rome wasn’t built in a day.

#8

China is doing in hours what it takes years to accomplish in the United States. The country has built the world’s longest high-speed rail network, and its per capita income has risen from $193 in 1980 to over $8,100 today.

#9

China’s economic growth has not only raised hundreds of millions from poverty, but it has also produced an extraordinary number of millionaires and billionaires.

#10

China has become a global competitor in education,