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The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being in Charge Isn't What It Used to Be
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 Naímilluminates 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 Fukuyama
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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 Naímilluminates 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 Fukuyama
The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being in Charge Isn't What It Used to Be
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 Naímilluminates 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 Fukuyama
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 Naímilluminates 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 Fukuyama
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780465065691 |
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Publisher: | Basic Books |
Publication date: | 03/11/2014 |
Pages: | 320 |
Sales rank: | 843,164 |
Product dimensions: | 6.28(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.80(d) |
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