The Accidental Superpower
The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder
2014 • 384 pages
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The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder
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Average rating4.3
"In the bestselling tradition of The World Is Flat and The Next 100 Years, THE ACCIDENTAL SUPERPOWER will be a much discussed, contrarian and eye-opening assessment of American power. In THE ACCIDENTAL SUPERPOWER international strategist Peter Zeihan examines how geography, combined with demography and energy independence, will pave the way for one of the great turning points in history, and one in which America reasserts its global dominance. No other country has a greater network of internal waterways, a greater command of deepwater navigation, or a firmer hold on industrialization technologies than America. Zeihan argues that the future is undoubtedly bright for America, the only country with enough young adults to fill the capital-generating void that will be left behind by 2030. THE ACCIDENTAL SUPERPOWER also explores shale oil and its surprising key role in America's move towards energy independence and how it will shape (and is already shaping) American life for the next fifty years"--
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It's a very interesting topic and had a lot of ideas I found appealing (as an American). Not sure how hopeful I'd find his predictions if I was not American. Though, the whole book I kept wondering. Wouldn't all itd take for this not to pass is Americans as a collective to not abandon the rest of the world. We seem to like to get into other people's business. Seems weird to assume that it'll peter out as we b come energy independent. Who knows. It's been 7 years. The world doesn't seem that much different from 2014 from here. Pandemic aside.
