The Post-American World

"This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else." So begins Fareed Zakaria's important new work on the era we are now entering. Following on the success of his best-selling The Future of Freedom, Zakaria describes with equal prescience a world in which the United States will no longer dominate the global economy, orchestrate geopolitics, or overwhelm cultures. He sees the "rise of the rest"--the growth of countries like China, India, Brazil, Russia, and many others--as the great story of our time, and one that will reshape the world. The tallest buildings, biggest dams, largest-selling movies, and most advanced cell phones are all being built outside the United States. This economic growth is producing political confidence, national pride, and potentially international problems. How should the United States understand and thrive in this rapidly changing international climate? What does it mean to live in a truly global era? Zakaria answers these questions with his customary lucidity, insight, and imagination.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 05/01/2008
ISBN: 9780393062359
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.20d

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/14/2008 pg. 64
Publishers Weekly 02/25/2008 pg. 63
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2008 pg. 241
Library Journal 04/15/2008 pg. 99
Harvard Business Review 05/01/2008 pg. 34
New Yorker (The) 04/21/2008 pg. 126
New York Times Book Review 05/11/2008 pg. 31
Newsweek 05/12/2008 pg. 24
Newsweek 05/26/2008 pg. 17
Booklist 05/15/2008 pg. 10
New York Review of Books 10/23/2008 pg. 59
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/03/2008 pg. 31
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/07/2008 pg. 11
Kirkus Best Books 12/15/2008 pg. 14
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2009 pg. 36
Publishers Weekly Best Books 03/23/2009 pg. 21