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Lament for America : decline of the superpower, plan for renewal / Earl H. Fry.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Toronto ; Tonawanda, N.Y. : University of Toronto Press, c2010.Description: ix, 227 p. : ill., map ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781442601918 (pbk.)
  • 1442601914 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.93 22
LOC classification:
  • JK275 .F79 2010
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.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-221) and index.

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.

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.

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