Soon after it industrialized, the United States became the most powerful nation since imperial Rome, and the only one that was stronger than any likely combination of other nations. The second shift, which took place in the closing years of the nineteenth century, was the rise of the United States. It also produced the prolonged political dominance of the nations of the West.

It produced modernity as we know it: science and technology, commerce and capitalism, the agricultural and industrial revolutions. The first was the rise of the Western world, a process that began in the fifteenth century and accelerated dramatically in the late eighteenth century. is a must read for anyone interested in globalization or the Presidential election.-Bruce Nussbaum This is a relentlessly intelligent book that eschews simple-minded projections from crisis to collapse.-Joseph Joffe Compelling.There have been three tectonic power shifts over the last five hundred years, fundamental changes in the distribution of power that have reshaped international life - its politics, economics, and culture. Compelling.-Thomas Friedman Fareed Zakaria is one of the most thoughtful foreign policy analysts of our day and his new book. mayhave more intellectual range and insights than any other public thinker in theWest. A provocative andoften shrewd take that opens a big picture window on the closing of the firstAmerican century and the advent of a new world. may have more intellectual range and insights than any other public thinker in the West.

Thomas Friedman Prophetic brilliance, near-perfect clarity, and a stirring eloquence. Review Quotes A provocative and often shrewd take that opens a big picture window on the closing of the first American century and the advent of a new world. How might the nation continue to thrive in a truly global era? In this fully updated 2.0 edition, Zakaria answers these questions with his customary lucidity, insight, and imagination. So begins Fareed Zakarias blockbuster on the United States in the twenty-first century, and the trends he identifies have proceeded faster than anyone anticipated. Book Synopsis This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else.

He sees the rise of the rest as the great story of modern times, and one that will reshape the world.

will no longer dominate the global economy. About the Book The author of the bestselling The Future of Freedom describes a world in which the U.S.

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