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Zero-sum future : American power in an age of anxiety / Gideon Rachman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rachman, Gideon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World politics--1989-.
- World politics.
- World politics--1945-1989.
- International relations--History--20th century.
- International relations.
- History.
- International relations--History--21st century.
- Great powers.
- Globalization--Political aspects.
- Globalization.
- Social change.
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
- United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--1989-.
- Social change--History--20th century.
- Social change--History--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 340 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2011.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Davos, 2009
- pt. 1. Age of transformation, 1978-1991. China, 1978 : Deng's counter-revolution ; 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 awakes
- The Gulf War, 1991 : the unipolar moment
- pt. 2. 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 : Gunter Verheugen and the European dream ; The anti-globalisers : from the Asian crisis to 9/11 ; Power : Charles Krauthammer and the neo-conservatives
- pt. 3. Age of anxiety. The American crisis ; A world of troubles ; World government : the world as Europe ; Axis of authoritarianism : the world as Russia and China ; Fractured world : the world as Pakistan ; Zero-sum world ; Saving the world.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-320) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781439176610
- 1439176612
- OCLC:
- 646112568
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