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Lament for America : Decline of the Superpower, Plan for Renewal / Earl H. Fry.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fry, Earl H., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World politics--21st century--Forecasting.
- World politics.
- United States--Politics and government--21st century.
- United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examines the biggest challenges to the status of the United States as a world superpower, looks at whether or not a relative decline is inevitable, and offers suggestions related to defense policy, health care, education, and the environment.
- Contents:
- No superpower is too big to fail
- Beltway follies
- Domestic fault lines : indebtedness and inequities
- Domestic fault lines : the comfort zone of mediocrity
- An unsustainable U.S. foreign policy
- The first major external challenge to America's superpower status : the rise of competitor nations
- An emerging external threat to America's superpower status : the combination of globalization, technology change, and creative destruction
- America's strengths and a plan for renewal
- The United States in 2050.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-0361-5
- 1-4426-0352-6
- OCLC:
- 865475291
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