{"product_id":"a-world-safe-for-commerce-american-foreign-policy-from-the-revolution-to-the-rise-of-china-paperback","title":"A World Safe for Commerce: American Foreign Policy from the Revolution to the Rise of China - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDale C. Copeland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e Biggest Book of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow commerce determines whether America preserves the peace or goes to war \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the Cold War ended, many believed that expanding trade would usher in an era of peace. Yet today the United States finds itself confronting not just Russia in Europe but China in the Indo-Pacific, Africa, and Latin America. Shedding new light on how trade both reduces and increases the risks of international crisis, \u003ci\u003eA World Safe for Commerce\u003c\/i\u003e traces how, since the nation's founding, the United States has consistently moved from peace to conflict when the commerce needed for national security is under threat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDale Copeland shows how commerce pushes the United States and its rivals to expand their spheres of influence for access to goods even as they worry about provoking a breakdown in trade relations that could spiral into military conflict. Taking readers from the wars with Britain in 1776 and 1812 to World War II and the Cold War, he describes how America's leaders have grappled with this inherent tension, and why they have shifted, sometimes dramatically, from peaceful, mutually beneficial policies to coercion and force in order to increase control over vital trade and prevent economic decline. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA World Safe for Commerce\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how trade competition could lead the United States and China into full-scale confrontation. But it also offers hope that both sides can work to improve their overall trade expectations and foster the confidence needed for long-term peace and stability.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDale C. Copeland\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of international relations at the University of Virginia. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eEconomic Interdependence and War\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton) and \u003ci\u003eThe Origins of Major War\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 504\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.12 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44289549238374,"sku":"9780691256320","price":48.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/GeknjeXjOX9780691256320.webp?v=1766768898","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/a-world-safe-for-commerce-american-foreign-policy-from-the-revolution-to-the-rise-of-china-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}