Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadership - Hardcover

Brzezinski, Zbigniew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0465008003 ISBN 13: 9780465008001

Publisher: Basic Books, 2004

Synopsis

A balanced yet uncompromisingly clear assessment of the issues and dilemmas facing imperial America, by our most distinguished elder statesman of foreign policy. The overwhelming reality of our time is this: In the opening years of the 21st century, the United States finds itself not only the most powerful nation on earth but the most powerful nation that has ever existed. Given the contradictory roles America plays in the world, we are fated to be the catalyst for either a new global community or for global chaos. If we don't lead, Zbigniew Brzezinski contends, rather than merely dominate by force, we could face worldwide hostility much like the regional hostility now confronting Israel.Brzezinski argues for a more complex and sophisticated view of our global role than much of our media and political leadership are willing to entertain. We are the world's policeman, but we have to be seen as a fair one. We are entitled to a higher level of security than other nations (because we assume greater risks), but we are also the proponent of essential freedoms. We are uniquely powerful, but our homeland is uniquely -and chronically-vulnerable. "Globalization" precludes immunity for even t

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Review:

"'One of the most important books on US foreign policy since September11'. Foreign Affairs 'The single most lucid and systematic statement of America's 21st century security challenges yet to appear'. New York Times"

About the Author:

Zbigniew Brzezinski, the National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter, is a counselor and trustee at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a professor of American foreign policy at the School of Advanced International Studies, the Johns Hopkins University, both located in Washington, D.C. His many books include The Choice and The Grand Chessboard . He lives in Washington, D.C.

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0465008003
• ISBN 13: 9780465008001
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256