{"product_id":"9781595587251","title":"The Decline of American Power: The U.S. in a Chaotic World","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe internationally renowned theorist contends that the sun is setting on the American empire in this “lucid, informed, and insightful” account (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe United States currently finds itself [a] superpower that lacks true power, a world leader nobody follows and few respect, and a nation drifting dangerously amidst a global chaos it cannot control.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The United States in decline? Its admirers and detractors alike claim the opposite: America is now in a position of unprecedented global supremacy. But in fact, Immanuel Wallerstein argues, a more nuanced evaluation of recent history reveals that America has been fading as a global power since the end of the Vietnam War, and its response to the terrorist attacks of 9\/11 looks certain to hasten that decline. In this provocative collection, the visionary originator of world-systems analysis and the most innovative social scientist of his generation turns a practiced analytical eye to the turbulent beginnings of the twenty-first century. Touching on globalization, Islam, racism, democracy, intellectuals, and the state of the left wing, Wallerstein upends conventional wisdom to produce a clear-eyed—and troubling—assessment of the crumbling international order.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[Wallerstein’s thought] provides a new framework for the subject of European history . . . it is compelling, a new explanation, a new classification, indeed a revolutionary one, of received knowledge and current thought.” —Fernand Braudel","brand":"New Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151221178608,"sku":"9781595587251","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781595587251_p0.jpg?v=1772805826","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781595587251","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}