The End of Power : From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being in Charge Isn't What It Used to Be
Overview
The provocative bestseller explaining the decline of power in the twenty-first century -- in government, business, and beyond.
br> 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 Mois (c)Na -illuminates 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, Na -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 . . . Na -makes eye-opening connections." -- Francis Fukuyama
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780465065691
- ISBN-10: 0465065694
- Publisher: Basic Books
- Publish Date: March 2014
- Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.8 pounds
- Page Count: 320
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