The Post-American World

An excerpt from Fareed Zakaria’s ‘The Post-American World’ appeared in Newsweek in May of 2008. In this excerpt Zakaria asserts that “The post-American world is naturally an unsettling prospect for Americans, but it should not be. This will not be a world defined by the decline of America but rather the rise of everyone else (Zakaria. pg 1).” With this powerful statement Zakaria is issuing a proclamation that America is not in decline, but that there are other countries narrowing the competitive margin. This is an assertion that requires the use of well polished literary skills, strategic and clever writing skills to effectively convey its complex meaning to the reader. Zakaria has to resort to several crafty measures in order to articulate the essence of his ideology concerning American global position and the rise of the rest . That being said, in writing this piece Fareed travels with his audience on a journey that is never the saunter that some might expect it to be. Sometimes this writing presents itself as a never-ending marathon of numbers, factoids, lists, explanations and explanations of explanations. However, this approach shapes the inclusionary nature of the piece. It is his ability to catch the reader’s attention with relevant facts and hold their attention until the next bend that allows Zakaria…

The title of the book was The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria. The Post- American World is known as Mr. Zakaria’s international bestseller. In the book, Fareed Zakaria discussed different time periods of the nations ups and downs of the economy. Mr. Zakaria started the book in January 2000 and explored how the global economy would change over the next several years. In order for the reader to understand the concept of the nation’s economic highs and lows the book showed be seen as…

America was created with a foundation of freedom, hope, and for many a fresh start from their once home Great Britain. From the very beginning in 1776 we had to make sacrifices to be where we are today in the now twentieth first century (2015) with being such a prosperous country we have made enemies and allies. To stay a world SuperPower you have to continually progress, something that is to be questioned is whether we have been continually growing as a country. America is 239 years old.…

The author of The Post- American World, Fareed Zakaria, claims that the other nations are catching up to the United States. According to Zakaria, the United States is considered “the dominant player” as being the richest nation in the world (Zakaria, pg. 22). After the United States industrialized, the nation was considered the “most powerful nation since imperial Rome” (Zakaria, pg. 2). However, the other nations such as China, India, and Japan are gaining power, and are becoming richer and…

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