American Century: The Rise and Decline of the United States As a World Power

"There is something incomplete about Mr. White's intelligent answers. Though every society has had dissent and dissenters, compared with most others America has been optimistic and confident for much of its history. And while the United States has declined from the towering heights of the 1950's (when it accounted for over 40 percent of world output), it is still the world's greatest military power, dominates the new international economy and remains the prime example of the political system now sweeping the globe. (With regard to economics, Mr. White's analysis seems curiously dated, as if the book had been written 10 years ago, when Japan and Germany seemed invulnerable and the United States an indebted and unproductive giant.)"White, Donald W. is the author of 'American Century: The Rise and Decline of the United States As a World Power' with ISBN 9780300078787 and ISBN 0300078781.