2013年4月14日，美国纽约肯尼迪国际机场，法国阿尔斯通集团锅炉部全球负责人弗雷德里克•皮耶鲁齐，刚下飞机就被美国联邦调查局探员逮捕。 这场抓捕不仅仅是针对他个人的行为，而是美国政府针对法国阿尔斯通的系列行动之一。之后，美国司法部指控皮耶鲁齐涉嫌商业贿赂，并对阿尔斯通处以7.72亿美元罚款。阿尔斯通的电力业务，最终被行业内的主要竞争对手——美国通用电气公司收购。阿尔斯通这家曾经横跨全球电力能源与轨道交通行业的商业巨头，因此被美国人“肢解”。而皮耶鲁齐直到2018年9月才走出监狱，恢复自由。 在《美国陷阱》一书中，皮耶鲁齐以身陷囹圄的亲身经历披露了阿尔斯通被美国企业“强制”收购，以及美国利用《反海外腐败法》打击美国企业竞争对手的内幕。 这是一场隐秘的经济战争。

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"This book traces the processes that resulted in military strategies in 17 cases, ranging from ancient Greece and Rome to American nuclear strategy...Each essay is self-contained, and academics searching for brief but expert analyses of strategic case studies for teaching purposes will welcome this book." Foreign Affairs "...the essays, including those on Israel and the United States in the nuclear age, are presented with remarkable verve and freshness." Brian Bond, Times Literary Supplement "The essays by some of the finest strategic analysts in the world, both historians and historically minded political scientists, are of a uniformly high quality. The Making of Strategy is an exceptional work. Anyone who wishes to understand the essence of strategy-making as a process, and the factors that influence strategy-making will profit by reading these essays." Mackubin T. Owens, Strategic Review "One of the advantages of the book is its essays on lesser-known periods for some powers...Military historians and political scientists can benefit from this work, as can students from the upper-division undergraduate level onward." R. Higham, Choice "The Making of Strategy: Rulers, States, and War offers an important collection of essays which examines the process of strategic decision-making from the Peloponnesian Wars to the nuclear age." The International History Review
Review
"This book traces the processes that resulted in military strategies in 17 cases, ranging from ancient Greece and Rome to American nuclear strategy....Each essay is self-contained, and academics searching for brief but expert analyses of strategic case studies for teaching purposes will welcome this book." Foreign Affairs
"...the essays, including those on Israel and the United States in the nuclear age, are presented with remarkable verve and freshness." Brian Bond, Times Literary Supplement
"The essays by some of the finest strategic analysts in the world, both historians and historically minded political scientists, are of a uniformly high quality. The Making of Strategy is an exceptional work. Anyone who wishes to understand the essence of strategy-making as a process, and the factors that influence strategy-making will profit by reading these essays." Mackubin T. Owens, Strategic Review
"One of the advantages of the book is its essays on lesser-known periods for some powers....Military historians and political scientists can benefit from this work, as can students from the upper-division undergraduate level onward." R. Higham, Choice
"The Making of Strategy: Rulers, States, and War offers an important collection of essays which examines the process of strategic decision-making from the Peloponnesian Wars to the nuclear age." The International History Review

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