Graham T. Allison Livres

Grand strategist and founder of modern Singapore offers key insights and controversial opinions on globalization, geopolitics, economic growth, and democracy.

When Athens went to war with Sparta some 2,500 years ago, the Greek historian Thucydides identified one simple cause: a rising power threatened to displace a ruling one, leading inexorably to conflict. As Graham Allison explains, in the past 500 years, great powers have found themselves in 'Thucydides's Trap' 16 times. In 12 of the 16 - from war between the French and the Hapsburgs in the 16th century to the two world wars of the 20th - the results have been catastrophic. Today, the same structural forces propel China and the US toward a cataclysm of unseen proportions, even as both sides insist that such a war could never occur

A penetrating study of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis examines the workings of American decision-making and foreign policy.

Has Captain Guy Stoner been murdered? His uncle, the Reverend Percy Stoner, is convinced he has. He recently received a letter, supposedly from Guy, claiming that there had been a fire at his farm in Ditton, Surrey, and asking for money. Hardcastle and Detective Sergeant Charles Marriott are assigned the case, and make a shocking discovery...

Nuclear materials have never been more plentiful or more accessible to rogue states and terrorists. In this study, the authors analyze the consequences of such nuclear leakage for United States national security and argue that it is possibly the nation's h

"Allison's comprehensive but accessible treatment of this vital subject is a major contribution to public understanding." -The New York Times Book ReviewAmericans in the twenty-first century are keenly aware of the many forms of hijackings, biological attacks, chemical weapons. But the deadliest form is almost too scary to think about-a terrorist group exploding a nuclear device in an American city.In this urgent call to action, Graham Allison, one of America's leading experts on nuclear weapons and national security, presents the evidence for two provocative, compelling conclusions. First, if policy makers in Washington keep doing what they are currently doing about the threat, a nuclear terrorist attack on America is inevitable. Second, the surprising and largely unrecognized good news is that nuclear terrorism is, in fact, preventable. In these pages, Allison offers an ambitious but feasible blueprint for eliminating the possibility of nuclear terrorist attacks, if we are willing to face the issue squarely.

When DCI Brock and DS Poole are called to investigate a murder at a house near Heathrow Airport, it looks like a case of burglary gone wrong. Then the victim's wife, attractive air stewardess Sharon Gregory, disappears, and Brock & Poole find themselves caught up in a complex investigation where nothing is as it seems.

August 1917. For a change, in this investigation Hardcastle has plenty of suspects. Was the murderer one of Daisy Salter's many suitors? Or could it have been Daisy's own father? In an unfamiliar environment, Hardcastle is forced to adapt to the pace of country life as he carries out his investigations in his own inimitable fashion.

Detective Chief Inspector Harry Brock and Detective Sergeant Dave Poole investigate the murder of a man found shot to death in his luxury apartment in North Sheen, London. Could a trip to Belgium lead to the possible unravelling of the mystery?

Hardcastle’s mission to find a headstrong young woman leads to some disturbing twists and turns.March, 1919. The head of CID at New Scotland Yard has a task for Divisional Detective Inspector Hardcastle of A find Lily Musgrave, the missing daughter of Austen Musgrave MP.Hardcastle, aided by Detective Sergeant Charles Marriott, discovers that the headstrong Lily Musgrave provides risqué entertainment for a number of ex-officers. When she returns home of her own accord, however, Hardcastle assumes the case is closed and turns his attention to arranging the finer details of his daughter Maud’s wedding.But no sooner is the wedding over than Lily Musgrave goes missing again. And this time, finding her might not be so easy . . .