TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rachman,Gideon
TI  - Zero-sum future: American power in an age of anxiety 
SN  - 9781439176610
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - World politics
KW  - 1989-
KW  - 1945-1989
KW  - International relations
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Great powers
KW  - Globalization
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Social change
KW  - United States
KW  - Foreign relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-320) and index; 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 last Asian giant opens up -- 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 -- The European experiment : Gunter Verheugen and the expansion of Europe -- 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
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