Bound To Lead: The Changing Nature Of American Power

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Basic Books, 1990 - Business & Economics - 307 pages

A pre-eminent scholar challenges the notion of inevitable American decline, arguing that the nation can still lead in a rapidly shifting world order

"Nye marshals his wide grasp of history, politics, and economics to produce a compelling book." --The Economist

In this pioneering work, Joseph S. Nye, Jr., reckons with the enduring claim that American decline is inevitable. He argues that the United States will remain the dominant world power and shows that narratives about decline only divert policy makers from creating effective strategies for the future. The United States is not losing power; the nature of power has simply changed. The real--and unprecedented--challenge for the United States is maintaining its position as the world becomes increasingly interdependent.

 

Contents

Power Transitions
25
The British Analogy
49
The Postwar Balance of Power
69
Communist Challengers
115
Allied Challengers
141
PART III
173
Domestic Challenges
202
Future Worlds and American Choices
231
NOTES
263
INDEX
293
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About the author (1990)

Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, was Chairman of the National Intelligence Council and Assistant Secretary of defence in the Clinton administration. He is the author of several books, including The Paradox of American Power: Why the World's Only Superpower Can't Go It Alone and Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power. PublicAffairs also published his political thriller, The Power Game.