Zero-sum future
Subtitle: American power in an age of anxiety
By: Gideon Rachman
Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9781439176610; 9781439176634
Subjects: International relations; Social change; Great powers; Globalization; World politics; Political aspects; Foreign relations; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-320) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Davos, 2009; title: pt. 1. Age of transformation, 1978-1991; title: China, 1978 : Deng's counter-revolution; title: Britain, 1979 : Thatcherism; title: The United States, 1980 : the Reagan revolution; title: The European Union, 1986 : embracing the market; title: The Soviet Union, 1985-91 : glasnost, perestroika, and collapse; title: Europe, 1989 : the year of revolutions; title: Latin America, 1982-91 : the triumph of democracy and markets; title: India, 1991 : the last Asian giant opens up; title: The Gulf War, 1991 : the unipolar moment; title: pt. 2. Age of optimism : 1991-2008; title: Democracy : Francis Fukuyama and the end of history; title: Prosperity : Alan Greenspan and the end of economic history; title: Progress : Bill Gates and the triumph of technology; title: Peace : Bill Clinton and the win-win world; title: The optimistic East : Kishore Mahbubani and the Asian century; title: The European experiment : Gunter Verheugen and the expansion of Europe; title: The anti-globalisers : from the Asian crisis to 9/11; title: Power : Charles Krauthammer and the neo-conservatives; title: pt. 3. Age of anxiety; title: The American crisis; title: A world of troubles; title: World government : the world as Europe; title: Axis of authoritarianism : the world as Russia and China; title: Fractured world : the world as Pakistan; title: Zero-sum world; title: Saving the world.