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The World America Made

The World America Made

What would the world look like if America were to reduce its role as a global leader in order to focus all its energies on solving its problems at home? And is America really in decline? Robert Kagan, New York Times best-selling author and one of the countryâ€™s most influential strategic thinkers, paints a vivid, alarming picture of what the world might look like if the United States were truly to let its influence wane.
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Although Kagan asserts that much of the current pessimism is misplaced, he warns that if America were indeed to commit â€œpreemptive superpower suicide,â€ the world would see the return of war among rising nations as they jostle for power; the retreat of democracy around the world as Vladimir Putinâ€™s Russia and authoritarian China acquire more clout; and the weakening of the global free-market economy, which the United States created and has supported for more than sixty years. Weâ€™ve seen this beforeâ€”in the breakdown of the Roman Empire and the collapse of the European order in World War I.
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Potent, incisive, and engaging, The World America Made is a reminder that the American world order is worth preserving, and America dare not decline.
Country USA
Manufacturer Knopf
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2012-02-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780307961310

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