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From Wealth to Power
Fareed Zakaria
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Description for From Wealth to Power
Paperback. What turns rich nations into great powers? How do wealthy countries begin extending their influence abroad? This book seeks to answer these questions by examining the most puzzling case of a rising power in modern history - that of the United States. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 tables 4 maps 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
What turns rich nations into great powers? How do wealthy countries begin extending their influence abroad? These questions are vital to understanding one of the most important sources of instability in international politics: the emergence of a new power. In From Wealth to Power, Fareed Zakaria seeks to answer these questions by examining the most puzzling case of a rising power in modern history--that of the United States. If rich nations routinely become great powers, Zakaria asks, then how do we explain the strange inactivity of the United States in the late nineteenth century? By 1885, the U.S. was the ... Read more
What turns rich nations into great powers? How do wealthy countries begin extending their influence abroad? These questions are vital to understanding one of the most important sources of instability in international politics: the emergence of a new power. In From Wealth to Power, Fareed Zakaria seeks to answer these questions by examining the most puzzling case of a rising power in modern history--that of the United States. If rich nations routinely become great powers, Zakaria asks, then how do we explain the strange inactivity of the United States in the late nineteenth century? By 1885, the U.S. was the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691010359
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V9780691010359
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About Fareed Zakaria
Fareed Zakaria is Managing Editor of Foreign Affairs, a contributing editor to Newsweek, and has been Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. He is a contributor to various publications, including the New York Times, the Times Literary Supplement, International Security, and Slate and is coeditor of The American Encounter: The United States and the Making of the Modern ... Read more
Reviews for From Wealth to Power
"[From Wealth to Power's] tightly argued thesis addresses a question sure to be revisited... Its conclusions are both provocative and full of implications for the world today."
Walter A. McDougall, The New York Times Book Review "Mr. Zakaria persuasively illustrates [his] argument by examining America's emergence as a great power... [His] account of turn-of-the-century American diplomacy is concise and insightful."
Aaron L. ... Read more
Walter A. McDougall, The New York Times Book Review "Mr. Zakaria persuasively illustrates [his] argument by examining America's emergence as a great power... [His] account of turn-of-the-century American diplomacy is concise and insightful."
Aaron L. ... Read more