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Zero-sum future : American power in an age of anxiety
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Zero-sum future : American power in an age of anxiety / Gideon Rachman.
ISBN
9781439176610 (hardcover)
1439176612 (hardcover)
9781439176634 (ebk.)
1439176639 (ebk.)
9781439176627 (pbk.)
1439176620 (pbk.)
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2011.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Summary
Predicts an imminent global political crisis, including a dangerous rivalry between America and China and a breakdown of the European Union, citing key events and contributors that have culminated in present-day instabilities.
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Internet Archive collection.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-320) and index.
Contents
Prologue: Davos, 2009
pt. 1. The age of transformation, 1978-91
China, 1978 : Deng's counterrevolution
Britain, 1979 : Thatcherism
The United States, 1980 : the Reagan revolution
The European Union, 1986 : embracing the market
The Soviet Union, 1985-91 : glasnost, perestroika, and collapse
Europe, 1989 : the year of revolutions
Latin America, 1982-91 : the triumph of democracy and markets
India, 1991 : the second Asian giant opens up
The Gulf War, 1991 : the unipolar moment
pt. 2. The age of optimism : 1991-2008
Democracy : Francis Fukuyama and the end of history
Prosperity : Alan Greenspan and the end of economic history
Progress : Bill Gates and the triumph of technology
Peace : Bill Clinton and the win-win world
The optimistic East : Kishore Mahbubani and the Asian century
Europe : Günter Verheugen and the European dream
The antiglobalizers : from the Asian crisis to 9/11
Power : Charles Krauthammer and the neoconservatives
pt. 3. The age of anxiety
The American crisis
A world of troubles
Global government : the world as Europe
The axis of authoritarianism : the world as Russia and China
Fractured world : the world as Pakistan
Zero-sum world
Saving the world.
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