The Decline of American Power

The U.S. in a Chaotic World

By: Immanuel Wallerstein

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The internationally renowned theorist contends that the sun is setting on the American Empire. The United States in decline? Its admirers and detractors alike claim the opposite: that America is now in a position of unprecedented global supremacy. But in fact, Immanuel Wallerstein argues, a more nuanced evaluation of recent history reveals that America has been fading as a global power since the end of the Vietnam War, and, in the long term, its response to the terrorist attacks of September 11 may well hasten that decline. In this provocative volume Wallersteinthe "visionary" (Diplomatic History) originator of world-systems analysis and the most innovative social scientist of his generationturns his practiced analytical eye to the turbulent beginnings of the 21st century. Wallerstein upends conventional wisdom to produce a clear-eyedand troublingassessment of the crumbling international order and America's precarious footing at its pinnacle.

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Non-Fiction Politics & Government International Relations Society & Culture Social Issues & Processes Globalisation Central Government History Regional & National History History of the Americas

Introduction: The American Dream Between Yesterday and Tomorrow	p. 1
The Thesis
Decline of the United States: The Eagle Has Crash Landed	p. 13
Multiple Rhetorics and Realities
The Twentieth Century: Darkness at Noon?	p. 31
Globalization: A Long-Term Trajectory of the World-System	p. 45
Racism: Our Albatross	p. 69
Islam: Islam, the West, and the World	p. 100
The Others: Who Are We? Who Are the Others?	p. 124
Democracy: Rhetoric or Reality?	p. 149
Intellectuals: Value-Neutrality in Question	p. 170
America and the World: The Twin Towers as Metaphor	p. 193
Where Are We Heading?
The Left, I: Theory and Praxis Once Again	p. 219
The Left, II: An Age of Transition	p. 249
The Movements: What Does It Mean to Be an Antisystemic Movement Today?	p. 259
Geopolitical Cleavages of the Twenty-First Century: What Future for The World?	p. 273
Afterwords
The Righteous War	p. 297
"Shock and Awe?"	p. 303
Permissions	p. 309
Index	p. 311
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