That Used To Be Us
What Went Wrong with America - and How It Can Come Back
$68.55
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
28 May 2012
Summary
America has a huge problem. It faces four major challenges, on which its future depends and it is failing to meet them. In THAT USED TO BE US, Thomas L Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum analyse those challenges - globalisation, the revolution in information technology, the nation’s chronic deficits and its pattern of energy consumption - and spell out what needs to be done now to rediscover America’s power and prowess.
They explain how the end of the cold war blinded the nation to …Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349000091 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349000093 |
| Author: | Michael Mandelbaum, Thomas Friedman |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 28 May 2012 |
| Weight: | 316g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 133mm x 27mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
‘Few could fundamentally disagree with the authors’ diagnosis’
‘A fascinating, chilling book. This book is daunting because it doesn’t only apply to superpower America but to shrunken-power UK’ Observer ‘Aiming to fill the gap they think Obama has left, Friedman and Mandelbaum present an ambitious programme for retooling America’ Financial Times ‘Few could fundamentally disagree with the authors’ diagnosis’ Independent
About The Author
Michael Mandelbaum
Thomas L Friedman is a three-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for his work with The New York Times. Michael Mandelbaum is director of the American Foreign Policy program at Johns Hopkins.
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