CHAOS UNDER HEAVEN by Josh Rogin (epub)(Nonfiction)

CHAOS UNDER HEAVEN by Josh Rogin (epub)(Nonfiction)
Author: Josh Rogin
Release Date: March 8, 2021
Length: 400 page
Genre: Nonfiction, Politics/International Relations

Chaos Under Heaven is Josh Rogin's explosive epub exposé on the Trump administration's turbulent U.S.-China relations, drawing on unprecedented access to White House officials to reveal internal conflicts and strategic missteps that defined the era's great-power rivalry. Trump's 2016 victory shattered fragile Washington-Beijing ties, escalating a simmering competition into a trade war and near-Cold War confrontation, fueled by his volatile "friendship" with Xi Jinping amid China's aggressive influence operations and human rights abuses. Rogin details key episodes like the Mar-a-Lago summit, Huawei bans, and COVID-19 origins in Wuhan, highlighting how Xi's manipulations clashed with Trump's impulsiveness and factional infighting among advisers like Pompeo and Mnuchin. The narrative underscores ironic successes, such as awakening U.S. awareness of China's digital despotism and foreign meddling, despite policy chaos that left reverberations for future administrations. As a peerless chronicle of the 21st-century battle, it exposes the high-stakes diplomacy where personal egos and corporate interests undermined national security.