Thread by @ElbridgeColby

My book "Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict" is out. I hope you'll consider reading it. In the interest of persuading you it's worth your time, the blurbs are 👇 & threaded below.

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“This is a realist’s book, laser-focused on China’s bid for mastery in Asia as the 21st century’s most important threat.”— @DouthatNYT

“Rigorously argued and compelling. This book will define the basis for future debate about U.S. defense strategy in Asia. Mr. Colby earns a place as an intellectual heir to the Cold War strategists who thought seriously about how to thwart Soviet designs." @DAlexBlumenthal

[He] is courageous in forcing readers to think concretely about the unthinkable. . . . The task of deterring Chinese aggression is urgent, and Mr. Colby’s book presents a needed path forward.”— @DAlexBlumenthal

“An outstanding book. For anyone interested in understanding what a possible war between China and the US might look like, The Strategy of Denial is the place to start. It is analytically rigorous, well-informed, and filled with interesting and smart insights.”—John Mearsheimer

“This is an incredibly important book …The definitive work on U.S. defense strategy that should guide our strategic competition with China for the years to come.” — @cdbrose - author of The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare

“The book is just a marvel of analytic clarity and of ruthless logic...a true pleasure to read...[and] a marvel of clear argumentation and deductive reasoning....[It] cuts through a lot of politics and uncertainty in a really helpful way.”-— @profLind, Dartmouth College

“[A] brilliant . . . book on how to deal with the geopolitical and military threat from China. Will be much discussed and constantly referred to as we grapple with this challenge.”— @RichLowry, editor of @NRO

"Anyone interested in US strategy should read this tour de force from the primary author of the celebrated 2018 U.S. National Defense Strategy."—Robert O. Work, former Deputy Secretary of Defense, father of the Third Offset Strategy

"This well-written, masterfully constructed, logically compelling book conveys the essence of strategy from one of the best current practitioners of the trade. Highly recommended!" - Robert O. Work

“An exceptional book. [This is] a book on defense strategy that reaches a level of theoretical mastery akin to Morgenthau’s Politics Among Nations. There is no better guidebook to how we should think about war & peace in this new age of great power competition.”—Robert D. Kaplan

“An engaging, vigorously argued and refreshingly readable case for a U.S. strategy focused on deterring China to reduce the danger of war.”– @DoyleMcManus, Washington columnist, Los Angeles Times

“Thoughtful and rigorous. . . . The book’s fundamental strength. . . . is Colby’s willingness to test all sides of complicated debates. . . . Required reading for lawmakers, national security hands, and 2024 presidential hopefuls.”— @AdamWSJ @dcexaminer

"What to do about China’s rising might and territorial ambition? Brilliant strategist Elbridge Colby takes on this vexing and increasingly urgent challenge with a clear-eyed, forceful but carefully thought-out approach...

Cogently, lucidly, he uses the lessons of history to show that the best way to avoid war is to prepare for war."—Evan Thomas, co-author of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made

“Exceptionally well-thought out. . . . A well-argued . . . case for why the United States should care about Beijing’s aggression in the Indo-Pacific region. . . . Its arguments are both self-evident and well explained [and] it is thoroughly enjoyable to read.”— @joshuachuminski

“I suppose there are others who could have written such a book, but they didn't, at least not with such mastery of analysis. I think I've read most [of the] worthwhile books on U.S. defense strategy that have appeared in the last two decades, but I've rarely come across one...

that has the intellectual rigor, the systematicity of analysis, and the sheer ruthlessness of logical reasoning-—not to mention the erudition-—found in The Strategy of Denial.”-—Ashley J. Tellis, Senior Fellow, @CarnegieEndow

“This book brings together pure intellect, wide knowledge, and practical experience to show how U.S. defense strategy must change—and fast.”—Edward Luttwak, author of The Rise of China vs. the Logic of Strategy

"Colby gives us an original and provocative approach to containing adversaries, especially China...distinguished by its moving seamlessly from international relations theory to detailed questions of diplomacy and force deployment."—Robert Jervis, author of How Statesmen Think

“This is a book well worth reading, packed with fresh paradigm-cracking ideas, breaking all the china in thinking how to handle China.”— @JJCarafano @TheNatlInterest