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The Accidental Superpower
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The Accidental Superpower

The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder

Peter Zeihan
Twelve, 2014

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9

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  • Innovative
  • Eye Opening

Recommendation

In 1944, the United States engineered the Bretton Woods agreements, which launched the modern era of international trade. America opened its domestic markets to imports and committed its naval power to protect trade worldwide. Geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan explains that, as America’s costs for maintaining this state of affairs begin to outweigh the benefits it receives and as the world order under Bretton Woods unravels, Americans will resist the burden of keeping the seas secure. While always politically neutral, getAbstract recommends Zeihan’s knowledgeable if contrarian argument to policy makers, investors and anyone in imports and exports, energy, international politics, strategy, lobbying or defense.

Take-Aways

  • The Bretton Woods era of modern international trade, which begun in 1944, is ending.
  • The United States deploys its navy to protect maritime trade worldwide.
  • The capacity to navigate the seas and oceans allows countries to expand their economies globally and to keep hostile powers offshore.

About the Author

Peter Zeihan worked for 12 years with the geopolitical analysis firm Stratfor before starting his own firm, Zeihan on Geopolitics.

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