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Have our read the book or ar you dismissing it out of hand because of the title (and festering ODS)?
This book is not about America in decline but about posuring itself against the rise in econ/political power of China and India. Zakaria believes that the American economy is not in fact in a period of decline but in a period of historically expected contraction, not unlike Britain’s in the 20th century. He regards as its biggest strength America’s openness to other people, cultures, and innovations, even while its government remains mired in unilateral political thinking.