02639nam 2200613Ia 450 991078632560332120200520144314.01-4422-1589-597866139415031-283-62905-4(CKB)2670000000277528(EBL)1034727(OCoLC)816282138(SSID)ssj0000760113(PQKBManifestationID)12299346(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000760113(PQKBWorkID)10810844(PQKB)11226387(MiAaPQ)EBC1034727(Au-PeEL)EBL1034727(CaPaEBR)ebr10607484(CaONFJC)MIL394150(EXLCZ)99267000000027752820120719d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA world recast[electronic resource] an American moment in a post-Western order /Simon SerfatyLanham, MD Rowman & Littlefield Publishersc20121 online resource (189 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4422-1587-9 1-4422-1588-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter 1. A POST-WESTERN MOMENT; Chapter 2. RECASTING THE GLOBAL SYSTEM; Chapter 3. SIGHTS OF POWER; Chapter 4. A LONE SUPERPOWER; Chapter 5. CHOOSING ALLIES; Chapter 6. NO TIME FOR A TIME OUT; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXIn this powerful and provocative book, distinguished scholar Simon Serfaty vigorously argues that while it is possible, and even desirable, to acknowledge the passing of the Western era, it is exaggerated to present it as an irreversible decline of the United States and the rest of the West, relative to China and the rest of the Rest. Rather, he shows that the unfolding post-Western moment of zero-polarity will be messy, involving a dozen or more other countries. But Serfaty convincingly contends that even during this moment of geopolitical transition, American power remains GeopoliticsUnited StatesWorld politics21st centuryCivilization, Western21st centuryUnited StatesForeign relations21st centuryGeopoliticsWorld politicsCivilization, Western327.73009/05Serfaty Simon571321MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786325603321A world recast3703903UNINA