CHAPTER NINE. 1898–1912: The Promised Land Fallacy; Von Tirpitz Disastrously Builds a Navy

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1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. CHAPTER ONE. 480 BC: Introduction-The First Political Risk Analysts: The Pythia of Delphi 1
4. CHAPTER TWO. 31 AD: We Are the Risk; The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 42
5. CHAPTER THREE. 1192 AD: Gaming Out Lunatics; The Assassins and the Old Man of the Mountain 68
6. CHAPTER FOUR. 1503 AD: Gaming Out Chess Players; Machiavelli, Cesare Borgia, and Pope Julius II 92
7. CHAPTER FIVE. 1776: Everything to Play For; John Adams and Game-Changers 121
8. CHAPTER SIX. 1797: Getting to Goldilocks; Napoleon and the Venetian Republic 147
9. CHAPTER SEVEN. 1863: The Losing Gambler Syndrome; Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg 167
10. CHAPTER EIGHT. 1895: Knowing Your Country’s Place in the World; Lord Salisbury Saves the British Empire 188
11. CHAPTER NINE. 1898–1912: The Promised Land Fallacy; Von Tirpitz Disastrously Builds a Navy 209
12. CHAPTER TEN. 1970: Knowing the Nature of the World You Live In; Or the Trials and Tribulations of George Harrison 233
13. CHAPTER ELEVEN. 1978: The Butterfly Effect in Political Risk; Or Deng Xiaoping and the Perils of a Drunken Sea Captain 254
14. CHAPTER TWELVE. Conclusion: Back to the Pythia’s Lair; Mastering Geopolitical Risk 284
15. Acknowledgments 305
16. Bibliography 307
17. Index 313