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The Myth of America's Decline: Politics, Economics, and a Half Century of False Prophecies
Josef Joffe
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Description for The Myth of America's Decline: Politics, Economics, and a Half Century of False Prophecies
Paperback. "A bracing and intelligent reminder that, for all its woes, America remains extraordinarily dynamic, innovative, and resilient."-Fareed Zakaria Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 284.
America-bashing predates America: French Enlightenment philosophies claimed that the colony was doomed and one critic reported that the colony's population was astonishingly idiotic [and] enervated . As the United States became a superpower after the Second World War, a more virulent, politically charged form of declinism emerged amid hysteria that the Russians are coming . It was followed by the European miracle, Japan's Rising Sun and now the looming Chinese behemoth. While declinism may delight the media and gloating Europeans eager to play up America's has-been status, the facts do not corroborate the contentions, ... Read more
America-bashing predates America: French Enlightenment philosophies claimed that the colony was doomed and one critic reported that the colony's population was astonishingly idiotic [and] enervated . As the United States became a superpower after the Second World War, a more virulent, politically charged form of declinism emerged amid hysteria that the Russians are coming . It was followed by the European miracle, Japan's Rising Sun and now the looming Chinese behemoth. While declinism may delight the media and gloating Europeans eager to play up America's has-been status, the facts do not corroborate the contentions, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liveright
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
284g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780871408464
SKU
V9780871408464
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About Josef Joffe
Publisher-editor of Die Zeit and the author of Uberpower, Josef Joffe was educated at Swarthmore College and Harvard University. A frequent contributor to Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy, he is a founding board member of the American Interest. He is a Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and the Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Reviews for The Myth of America's Decline: Politics, Economics, and a Half Century of False Prophecies
...a stimulating and impressive argument...
The Times ...a provocative counterbalance to conventional wisdom and a useful starting point for a debate needed on both sides of the Atlantic.
The Sunday Times
The Times ...a provocative counterbalance to conventional wisdom and a useful starting point for a debate needed on both sides of the Atlantic.
The Sunday Times