The Post-American World 2.0 by Fareed Zakaria
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Anyone who watches Zakaria's GPS show will be familiar with the intelligent sober assessment of America's future, based on history and current events: It's not a decline of America, but a rise of the west, the future belongs to China & India, much of any American infirmity is internally caused and can be rectified. Among the themes stressed here are China's embracing of a developing world, especially Africa, while we look the other way and it continuing to raise millions from poverty and erect the greatest national infrastructure ever seen while we wallow in arguments over personal responsibility and tax management.
Among the most interesting, to me, is the comparison of how Britain lost its global hegemony from irresponsible foreign wars, starting with the Boer War, and otherwise stretched itself too thin relying on might and not cooperation.
As I expected, the work further convinces me that Zakaria is among the most intelligent commentators and analysts on cable news and I am glad he writes books as good as the ones he weekly recommends.
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