The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria
In this new edition, Zakaria makes sense of this rapidly changing landscape. With his customary lucidity, insight, and imagination, he draws on lessons from the two great power shifts of the past 500 years--the rise of the Western world and the rise of the United States--to tell us what we can expect from the third shift, the rise of the rest. The great challenge for Britain was economic decline. The challenge for America now is political decline, for as others have grown in importance, the central role of the United States, especially in the ascendant emerging markets, has already begun to shrink. As Zakaria eloquently argues, Washington needs to begin a serious transformation of its global strategy, moving from its traditional role of dominating hegemon to that of a more pragmatic, honest broker. It must seek to share power, create coalitions, build legitimacy, and define the global agenda--all formidable tasks None of this will be easy for the greatest power the world has ever known--the only power that for so long has really mattered. America stands at a crossroads: In a new global era where the United States no longer dominates the worldwide economy, orchestrates geopolitics, or overwhelms cultures, can the nation continue to thrive?
"Starred ReviewZakaria updates his best-selling earlier vision of world economics and politics, which foresaw the decline of American dominance but reassured us that with that decline came the rise of the rest of the world." -- Booklist
"This is a relentlessly intelligent book that eschews simple-minded projections from crisis to collapse." -- Joseph Joffe - The New York Times Book Review
"Zakaria . . . may have more intellectual range and insights than any other public thinker in the West." -- Boston Sunday Globe
"A provocative and often shrewd take that opens a big picture window on the closing of the first American century and the advent of a new world." -- Michiko Kakutani - The New York Times
"Fareed Zakaria is one of the most thoughtful foreign policy analysts of our day and his new book . . . is a must read for anyone interested in globalization—or the Presidential election." -- Bruce Nussbaum - BusinessWeek
"A far-reaching analysis." -- Slate
"Compelling." -- Thomas Friedman, author of The World is Flat
"This is a relentlessly intelligent book that eschews simple-minded projections from crisis to collapse." -- Joseph Joffe - The New York Times Book Review
"Zakaria . . . may have more intellectual range and insights than any other public thinker in the West." -- Boston Sunday Globe
"A provocative and often shrewd take that opens a big picture window on the closing of the first American century and the advent of a new world." -- Michiko Kakutani - The New York Times
"Fareed Zakaria is one of the most thoughtful foreign policy analysts of our day and his new book . . . is a must read for anyone interested in globalization—or the Presidential election." -- Bruce Nussbaum - BusinessWeek
"A far-reaching analysis." -- Slate
"Compelling." -- Thomas Friedman, author of The World is Flat
Fareed Zakaria is the host of CNN’s flagship international affairs show, Fareed Zakaria GPS, as well as weekly columnist for the Washington Post. He is the author of four New York Times bestsellers, including Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World. He lives in New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393081800 |
| ISBN 10 | 039308180X |
| Title | The Post-American World |
| Author | Fareed Zakaria |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2011-05-27 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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