China and USA move to war, though does not want it. Reason is covered in the trap of Фукидида : when growing power threatens to force out ruling, violence is the most credible result. For the last five hundred years such happened sixteen times| war broke out in twelve from them.Today, when China approaches стагнирующей America, and Sis of Цзиньпин and Donald Трамп promise to do the countries "again great, seventeenth a case looks inevitable. Trade conflict, кибератака, the Korean crisis or accident of ship ВМФ at the seaside can easily provoke large war.In this book for the sake of explanation of eternal mechanism of trap of Фукидида an author masterly mixes up history and current events - and investigates sickly steps that would prevent a catastrophe already today.