Lament for America :
Fry, Earl H.
Lament for America : decline of the superpower, plan for renewal / Earl H. Fry. - Toronto ; Tonawanda, N.Y. : University of Toronto Press, c2010. - ix, 227 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
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.
9781442601918 (pbk.) 1442601914 (pbk.)
2012376118
20109013611 015769555 Uk
World politics--Forecasting.--21st century
United States--Politics and government--21st century.
United States--Foreign relations--21st century.
JK275 / .F79 2010
973.93
Lament for America : decline of the superpower, plan for renewal / Earl H. Fry. - Toronto ; Tonawanda, N.Y. : University of Toronto Press, c2010. - ix, 227 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
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.
9781442601918 (pbk.) 1442601914 (pbk.)
2012376118
20109013611 015769555 Uk
World politics--Forecasting.--21st century
United States--Politics and government--21st century.
United States--Foreign relations--21st century.
JK275 / .F79 2010
973.93