Libro The post American World. Sinopsis libro, reseña libro. «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. Libro The post American World.
Danna –
I finished this last night and I must say that although it starts off strong I grew very weary. Zakaria could have accomplished the same purpose with a feature in a magazine, in 2000 words. I’m glad I read it, I’m working on broadening my perspective, and there is much about the international finance world I never even began to imagine. It never hurts to be told something more than once – just around time eight or ten I grow weary. Good stuff, though. Time not wasted.
So far I’m moving through this surprisingly fast. Zakaria has called WW2 «Stalin’s War» and says that the efforts of the Americans and the British were just a minimal contribution on the minor front. Is that true? Was the bulk of the war fought on the Eastern front?