The Post-American World
“Zakaria . . . may have more intellectual range and insights than any other public thinker in the West.” —Boston Sunday Globe“This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else.” So begins Fareed Zakaria’s blockbusting bestseller on the United States...
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“Zakaria . . . may have more intellectual range and insights than any other public thinker in the West.” —Boston Sunday Globe“This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else.” So begins Fareed Zakaria’s blockbusting bestseller on the United States in the twenty-first century. How can Americans understand this rapidly changing international climate, and how might the nation continue to thrive in a truly global era? Zakaria answers these questions with his customary lucidity, insight, and imagination.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780393062359 (039306235X)
ASIN: 039306235X
Publish date: April 17th 2008
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 292
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Cultural,
Business,
Economics,
Culture,
Politics,
India,
Sociology,
Political Science,
China
The book title suggests that perhaps it's predicting the demise of America. But instead the book is generally optimistic about the future and predicts that other nations will rise in importance relative to the U.S. However, America will continue to be a global player on the international scene. T...
Apparently, Barack Obama has been seen reading this book. Rather than jumping on the hero-worship bandwagon as so many others are doing (Dreams From My Father is at the top of all the bestseller lists now), I'm going to read this. I just heard an interview on CBC radio with the author, editor of Ne...
Very interesting book about the rise of the rest of the world. The US is no longer the "best" in a lot of categories and as time goes by, we will probably fall further and further behind if we keep on the same track we have been on. Would recommend this one!
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