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Binding: Audio CDDewey Decimal Number: 303.49 EAN: 9780743576857 Edition: Unabridged Format: Audiobook, Unabridged ISBN: 0743576853 Label: Simon & Schuster Audio Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Audio Number Of Items: 7 Publication Date: May 01, 2008 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Studio: Simon & Schuster Audio Editorial Review: Product Description: For Fareed Zakaria, the great story of our times is not the decline of America but rather the rise of everyone else -- the growth of countries such as China, India, Brazil, Russia, South Africa, Kenya, and many, many more. This economic growth is generating a new global landscape where power is shifting and wealth and innovation are bubbling up in unexpected places. It's also producing political confidence and national pride. As these trends continue, the push of globalization will increasingly be joined by the pull of nationalism -- a tension that is likely to define the next decades. With his customary lucidity, insight, and imagination, Zakaria draws on lessons from the two great power shifts of the past five hundred 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." Washington must begin a serious transformation of global strategy and seek to share power, create coalitions, build legitimacy, and define the global agenda. 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. But all that is changing now. The future we face is the post-American world. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Ok, not amazingThis is an interesting book, especially being written by an Indian-American. But it's honestly just another book that gives us warning that India and China are on the verge of really becoming important players on the world's scene. This is not new information and there's really not that much more in this book that can't be found elsewhere. But it's intelligently written and flows nicely. I also like that there's a lot of history backing up his reasons for saying what he says about India and China. ... Read More Rating:  - Great Book!Great book. I loved it and am passing it on to my friends. It has alot of the same qualities of "The World is Flat", but more of what is happening in China. Rating:  - Uh huhGreat ideas, but let's just say I fell asleep every time I opened up this darned book. Rating: - Post American WorldAbsorbing and informing review of world history up to the current time and excellent suggestions for political actions in the future for the USA. Rating: - The Post-American ZakariaA lot of what he has written is interesting and useful, but I have two areas of disagreement. The two are connected: The first is the nature of the Islamist Threat. Zakaria seems still to be living in the world of Edward Said and John Esposito. Esposito wrote The Islamic Threat, Myth or Reality? Esposito argued that the threat was largely a myth. He was the expert on the Middle East most invited to the White House until 9/11. After that, he was replaced by Bernard Lewis. The Esposito ... Read More |
