Based on an examination of global affairs and world history, a scholar and columnist discusses the changing nature of being in charge and the modern dynamics of power and argues that current leaders actually have less power than ever before. 25,000 first printing.
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The provocative bestseller explaining the decline of power in the twenty-first century -- in government, business, and beyond.Power is shifting -- from large, stable armies to loose bands of insurgents, from corporate leviathans to nimble start-ups, and from presidential palaces to public squares. But power is also changing, becoming harder to use and easier to lose. In The End of Power, award-winning columnist and former Foreign Policy editor Moisés Naím illuminates the struggle between once-dominant megaplayers and the new micropowers challenging them in every field of human endeavor. Drawing on provocative, original research and a lifetime of experience in global affairs, Naím explains how the end of power is reconfiguring our world."The End of Power will ... change the way you look at the world."--Bill Clinton"Extraordinary."--George Soros"Compelling and original."--Arianna Huffington"A fascinating new perspective...Naím makes eye-opening connections."--Francis FukuyamaInaugural Pick for Mark Zuckerberg's "Year of Books" Challenge * Financial Times Best Book of the Year * Washington Post Notable Book * Washington Post Nonfiction Bestseller
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