NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The fast-paced inside story of Americas plunge into a volatile rivalry with the other two great nuclear powersXi Jinpings China and Vladimir Putins Russiafrom the Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist and bestselling author of The Perfect Weapon  [A] cogent, revealing account of how a generation of American officials have grappled with dangerous developments in the post-Cold War era . . . vividly captures Washington.The New York Times (Editors Choice)ONE OF NPRS BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARFor years, the United States was confident that the newly democratic Russia and increasingly wealthy China could be lured into a Western-led order that promised prosperity and relative peaceso long as they agreed to Washingtons terms. By the time America emerged from the age of terrorism, it was clear that this had been a fantasy.Now the three powers are engaged in a high-stakes struggle for military, economic, political, and technological supremacy, with nations around the world pressured to take sides. Yet all three are discovering that they are maneuvering for influence in a far more turbulent world than they imagined.Based on a remarkable array of interviews with top officials from five presidential administrations, U.S. intelligence agencies, foreign governments, and tech companies, Sanger unfolds a riveting narrative spun around the eras critical questions: Will the mistakes Putin made in his invasion of Ukraine prove his undoing and will he reach for his nuclear arsenalor will the Wests famously short attention span signal Kyivs doom? Will Xi invade Taiwan? Will both men deepen their partnership to undercut Americas dominance? And can a politically dysfunctional America still lead the world?Taking readers from the battlefields of Ukrainewhere trench warfare and cyberwarfare are interwovento the Taiwan headquarters where the worlds most advanced computer chips are produced and on to tense debates in the White House Situation Room, New Cold Wars is a remarkable first-draft history chronicling Americas return to superpower conflict, the choices that lie ahead, and what is at stake for the United States and the world.